Trinité church
The Trinité was built by Théodore Ballu (who rebuilt the Town Hall) between 1861 and 1867. He used the modern material of this age, which was metal. The decoration of the church was freely inspired by Renaissance. A recent renovation of the church has gaven back their vividness to the paintings (which were painted by such famous artists as the painter Delaunay).
Montmartre
In the evocation of Montmartre, we think of the numerous artists attracted by the pitoresque site and omnipresent since the end of the 19th century.
From an ethymologic point of view, Montmartre indicates the " mountain of the martyrs ". Before the costruction of the basilica of the Sacred Heart, in a style Byzantine romano, the hill was a small village situated outside surrounding walls strengthened by Paris.
The basilica is the metaphor of the condemnation of the sins of the inhabitants of Paris: sinned which would have caused the defeat of the French army in front of the Prussia in 1870.