Le Mur is an open-air exhibition space for street art located at the corner of Rue Oberkampf and Rue Saint-Maur in the eleventh arrondissement. You can identify the site by its large, eight-by-three-meter billboard frame that consistently…
Belleville Street Art Walk
This walk takes you through the steep streets of Belleville to see some of northeast Paris's most famous outdoor murals, active graffiti walls, and panoramic views.
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1. Le Mur (urban art)
2. Rue Denoyez
Rue Denoyez is a narrow, cobblestoned passage in Belleville known for its walls, which serve as a legal, ever-changing canvas for street art. Every surface—doors, utility boxes, and brickwork—is layered with tags, stencils, and murals that…
3. Place Fréhel
Place Fréhel is a small, rectangular urban square tucked into the intersection of Rue de Belleville and Rue Julien-Lacroix. Its existence is an accident of city engineering; the space opened up unexpectedly when nearby buildings collapsed…
4. Belvédère de Belleville
The Belvédère de Belleville is a high, cobblestoned terrace perched one hundred and eight meters above the city. It is marked by a series of tall concrete pillars, which often display shifting, colorful murals painted by artists like Seth.…
5. Street Art Rue de la Mare
Rue de la Mare serves as a focal point for the evolving street art scene in Belleville, a neighborhood defined by its history as a nineteenth-century working-class refuge. The street is marked by a concentration of large-scale, curated…
6. Le Mur des Cascades
The Rue des Cascades is a winding, four-hundred-seventy-five-meter-long street in the twentieth arrondissement that draws its name from a forgotten piece of Parisian infrastructure. Centuries ago, a complex system of stone manholes known…
7. Fresque ''C'est nous les Gars d'Ménilmontant''
A large mural titled C'est nous les gars d'Ménilmontant covers the exterior wall of a building at sixty-eight rue de Ménilmontant. The artwork features a group of white human silhouettes engaged in a circular dance, a motif created by the…