Blanche: history and sights
Served by: metro line 2.
Did you know?
Takes its name from Place Blanche ('White Square'), so called because of the white plaster dust that carts coming down from Montmartre's gypsum quarries used to scatter across the cobblestones.
Anecdote
On this same square stands the Moulin Rouge, a legendary cabaret founded in 1889, immortalised in Toulouse-Lautrec's posters and the birthplace of the French cancan.
Around Blanche
- Moulin Rouge, 50 m away — A legendary cabaret founded in 1889, recognisable by its illuminated red windmill sails, birthplace of the French cancan.
- Cimetière de Montmartre, 450 m away — A large 19th-century cemetery, home to the graves of many famous artists and writers.
- Place Blanche, 20 m away — A lively crossroads at the foot of Montmartre, the heart of Parisian nightlife since the Belle Époque.