La Petite Alsace, also known as the Cité Daviel, is a collection of forty half-timbered houses arranged around a central courtyard at number ten rue Daviel. You can identify the site by its blue wooden entrance gate, which sits between two…
Butte aux Cailles Village
This walk leads you through a hilltop enclave of low-rise cottages, art deco brick villas, and green cul-de-sacs that escaped Paris's grand 19th-century modernization. You will see neighborhood churches, quiet squares, and locals filling bottles with fresh artesian water at a natural spring.
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1. La Petite Alsace
2. Villa Daviel
Villa Daviel is a narrow, private street that stretches one hundred thirteen meters into the heart of the thirteenth arrondissement. This quiet dead-end, opened in nineteen twelve, is defined by a row of small, uniform brick houses that…
3. St. Anne's Church in the Butte-aux-Cailles
The Church of Saint Anne of the Butte-aux-Cailles rises above the neighborhood with two fifty-five-meter towers that local residents once nicknamed the Chocolate Towers. Built between eighteen ninety-four and nineteen twelve, the structure…
4. Square des Peupliers
The Square des Peupliers is a small, triangular pedestrian loop in the thirteenth arrondissement of Paris, identifiable by its stone and brick townhouses and quiet, cobblestoned paths. Opened in nineteen twenty-six, this private…
5. Square Henri Rousselle
The Square Henri Rousselle is a small public garden located at the corner of rue Bobillot and rue de la Butte-aux-Cailles. It is marked by a bronze bust of Henri Rousselle, created by the sculptor Denis Saula in nineteen twenty-four.
6. Place Paul Verlaine
Place Paul Verlaine is the highest point on the Butte-aux-Cailles, sitting sixty-three meters above sea level in the thirteenth arrondissement. You can identify the square by the red-brick facade of the local swimming pool and the constant…