Place du Tertre

When Montmartre didn't yet belong to Paris, so before 1860, Place du Tertre was the Place de la Mairie de Montmartre, a central square in the old village of Montmartre.

Nestled 130 m above sea level, it is still famous today for the artists to be found there.
Painters, portraitists, caricaturists and sometimes even silhouettists (those who cut out your profile from a black sheet of paper) give this square its unique, colorful Parisian atmosphere.

Painter Maurice Utrillo once came here with his easel. In his 1956 film “Si Paris nous était conté”, director Sacha Guitri shows Maurice Utrillo painting on the Place du Tertre.

Prices for portraits and caricatures are set by each artist, and you should ask them.

The square is also home to a number of large restaurants, and the terraces of those same restaurants that have been making their presence felt since the 1980s.

Restaurants and/or cafés on Place du Tertre include:
La Mère Catherine, le Relais Gascon, la Bohême, chez Eugène, la Crémaillère, le Sabot Rouge, Au Clairon des Chasseurs and Carette.

Last but not least, Place du Tertre is home to a contemporary art gallery, Galerie Montmartre.

To find out more about the history of Place du Tertre and Montmartre in general, treat yourself to an unforgettable tour of Montmartre with a local guide.
You'll learn what happened on Place du Tertre on December 28, 1898, and how the word “bistro” originated at Place du Tertre's La Mère Catherine restaurant in 1814.