Paris . s the body ofDionysius rose upon its feet and, taking up its head in itshands, walked up the hill, angels singing hymns by the way,to the spot where S. Genevifeve raised a church to theirhonour. Hence, in the reign of Dagobert, the relics ofS. Denis were removed to the abbey of S. Denis. TheChapelle des Martyrs at Montmartre, visible in the XVII. c,has now disappeared. It was interesting as the place whereIgnatius Loyola pronounced his first vows with nine of hiscompanions (August 15, 1534). Every army which hasattacked Paris has in turn occupied the heights of Mont-martre. They were a
Paris . s the body ofDionysius rose upon its feet and, taking up its head in itshands, walked up the hill, angels singing hymns by the way,to the spot where S. Genevifeve raised a church to theirhonour. Hence, in the reign of Dagobert, the relics ofS. Denis were removed to the abbey of S. Denis. TheChapelle des Martyrs at Montmartre, visible in the XVII. c,has now disappeared. It was interesting as the place whereIgnatius Loyola pronounced his first vows with nine of hiscompanions (August 15, 1534). Every army which hasattacked Paris has in turn occupied the heights of Mont-martre. They were abandoned by Joseph Bonaparte andoccupied by Blucher in 1814. It was there that the Com-munist insurrection of 1871 was begun. 490 PARIS From the Boulevard Rochechouart, the Rue Lepic leadsup to the Butte Montmartre, with the remaining Mills ofMontmartre—weather-worn, blackened, and obelisk near the Moulin Debray marks the boundariesof Paris. From the terrace of the Rue Lamarck there is a. MILLS OF MONTMARTRE. splendid view over the town. A waste of grey housesreaches almost to the horizon, only those nearest catch afew red and yellow tones, and are very scantily interspersedwith green. For a panorama so vast it wants central pointsof interest, such as S. Pauls and Westminster supply to views MONTMARTRE 491 of London—the Pantheon, S. Sulpice, and the Invalides,the most prominent objects here, are not large , it is a very remarkable view, and one which no visitorto Paris should miss seeing.^ It is difficult to believe that,as late as the time of Henri II., there were so few buildingsbetween the Louvre and Montmartre, that when a fire brokeout (1559) in the dormitory of the abbey at the top of thehill, the king, walking in the gallery of the palace, was oneof the first to perceive it and send assistance. Now, everyhouse in Montmartre might be burnt without anyone in theLouvre being the wiser. A great church—the Eglise du Sacri Cceur, from de-signs
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