Place Pigalle
See also: Pigalle
- the place Pigalle is a place located in the 9 {{E}} district of Paris, between the Boulevard Clichy and the Boulevard of Rochechouart near to the Sacré-coeur, with the bottom of the hillock Montmartre (). The place holds its name of the sculptor Jean-Baptiste Pigalle (1714-1785) and is the most known place of the Pigalle}}
The place and the streets around were, at the end of [[XIXe century]], a district of workshops of painters and coffees literary of which most famous was it [[New Athens]].
It inspired a famous song of [[Georges Ulmer]]:
A p' tit jet of water, a subway station, surrounded by bars, Pigalle…
See also: [[Pigalle District]].
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