Avenue Junot

The Avenue Junot stretches 450 meters through the Grandes-Carrières quarter on Montmartre in Paris's 18th arrondissement. The street is named after General Jean-Andoche Junot, Duke of Abrantès. It was laid out between 1910 and 1912, when the so-called "Maquis de Montmartre" was cut through, an area that had previously been home to the homeless, rag-pickers, and bohemians. The street was originally called Avenue de la Tempête. During construction, archaeologists uncovered the foundations of a Roman complex that probably belonged to an annex of a temple of Mercury. The street connects Place Marcel-Aymé with Rue Caulaincourt and is served by the Lamarck-Caulaincourt metro station.

Here you'll experience a unique mix of historic architecture and artistic heritage. Numerous villas and buildings in the Art Deco style shape the streetscape, including the house built by Adolf Loos for the Dadaist Tristan Tzara and the Hôtel Lejeune, where the singer Claude Nougaro lived. The street was home to many well-known figures, such as the writer Jacques Prévert, the comedian Pierre Dac, and the actress Mary Marquet. Film and literature have also taken a close interest in the Avenue Junot: Henri-Georges Clouzot's film "L'assassin habite au 21" is set in a fictional boarding house at this address, while Georges Simenon and Patrick Modiano worked the street into their novels.

Besides the residential buildings, the avenue is home to cultural venues such as the Théâtre Lepic, which is located in the back courtyard of the Moulin de la Galette. Nearby you'll also find the remains of the old windmill complex that once belonged to the Bal du Moulin de la Galette. Today the avenue is a place where the history of Montmartre as an artists' quarter lives on, surrounded by lanes such as the Villa Léandre, which still reflect the rural character of the old village.