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Look up: montmartre

  1. Montmartre
    [n] - the highest point in Paris
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Montmartre
    noun the highest point in Paris; famous for its associations with many artists
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  3. Montmartre
    (from the article `Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de`) ...the general character, so that he distorted without trying or even wanting to.` Soon Toulouse-Lautrec`s attendance at the studio became infrequent ... ...circled by high ground. Upon the heights of Passy, on the Right Bank between the western city limits and the Arc de Triomphe, pe...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/m/117

  4. Montmartre
    Montmartre (môNmär'tru) [Fr.,=hill of the martyrs], hill in Paris, on the right bank of the Seine River. The highest point of Paris, it is topped by the famous Church of Sacré-Cœur. Parts of the ancient quarter on its slopes were long a favorite residence of the bohemian ...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/world/A083

  5. Montmartre
    District of Paris, France, dominated by the basilica of Sacré-Coeur, completed in 1919. It is situated in the north of the city on a hill 120 m/400 ft high. It is known for its night-life and artistic associations and is a popular tourist site
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  6. Montmartre
    `Montmartre` is a hill (the butte Montmartre) which is 130 metres high, giving its name to the surrounding district, in the north of Paris in the 18th arrondissement, a part of the Right Bank. Montmartre is primarily known for the white-domed Basilica of the Sacré Cœur on its summit an...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montmartre

  7. Montmartre
    (Van Gogh series) The `Montmartre paintings` are a group of works that Vincent van Gogh made in 1886 and 1887 of the Paris district of Montmartre while living there with his brother Theo. Rather than capture urban settings in Paris, Van Gogh preferred pastoral scenes, such as Montmartr...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montmartre

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