Rue Ravignan is one of the oldest arteries of the Butte Montmartre in Paris. It is located in the 18th district of the capital.
Rue Ravignan is one of the oldest arteries of the Butte Montmartre in Paris. It is located in the 18th district of the capital.
Before being baptized by the name of the French Jesuit father Gustave-Xavier-François de la Croix de Ravignan, it was known under the patronymic of Vieux chemin or rue du Vieux chemin-de-Paris during the French Revolution.
Many personalities lived in this street, including the physicist Paul Langevin, the pianist Arthur Rubinstein, the poet Pierre Reverdy, but also Max Jacob at No. 7. The writer saw the image of Christ on one of the walls of his house. This event made him convert to Catholicism.
The café of Amélie, the mansion of Untouchables, the jazz club of the finale of La La Land, the Hôtel du Nord of the mythical replica of Arletty “Atmosphere”, the cinema of A bout de souffle, the restaurant of Ratatouille, the quays of the Seine of Midnight in Paris, the secret places of the Da Vinci Code, the grocery store of January in La Traversée de Paris , the Bridge of Inception and Peur sur la ville, the addresses of the spectacular scenes of Mission Impossible 6, but also series Call my agent, Gears, Le Bureau des légendes, Sense8, Sex and The City, Gossip Girl…
Etienne Daho’s Café de Flore, Jay-Z and Kanye West’s hotel in Nas in Paris, Serge Gainsbourg’s Poinçonneur des Lilas metro station, Serge Reggiani and Marc Lavoine’s Mirabeau Bridge, Mc Solaar’s Lyon station…
The places evoked in the comics Adèle Blanc-Sec, Largo Winch, Blake and Mortimer, Michel Vaillant…
But also in the novels of Ernest Hemingway, Victor Hugo, Leo Malet, Daniel Pennac, Marc Levy, Guillaume Musso… you’ll find all the must-see places of Parisian Pop Culture in this new guide.
