The Rue Foyatier is a street on the

Montmartre Montmartre ( , , ) is a large hill in Paris's northern 18th arrondissement of Paris, 18th arrondissement. It is high and gives its name to the surrounding district, part of the Rive Droite, Right Bank. Montmartre is primarily known for its a ...

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"), in the

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. Opened in 1867, it was given its current name in 1875, after the sculptor

Denis Foyatier Denis Foyatier (21 September 1793 at Bussières, Loire – 19 November 1863 at Paris) was a French sculptor in the neoclassical style. Biography Foyatier was the child of a family of modest means (his father was a weaver and later a farm ...

(1793–1863). One of the most famous streets in Paris, it consists of flights of stairs giving access to the top of the hill, the Sacré-Cœur Basilica, and the other attractions of the upper-Montmartre neighborhood. The Montmartre funicular runs alongside it. Montmatre bordercropped

In popular culture

The stairs of Rue Foyatier figure prominently in the 2023 film '' John Wick: Chapter 4'' and the 1974 film '' Celine and Julie Go Boating''.

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