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Place Adolphe Max is located in the N-W area of Paris, South of the Moulin Rouge landmark, between Metro Clichy and Blanche. It is walking distance to the Montmartre Sacre Coeur. Maps show it as a green spot because of the Square Hector Berlioz. The apartment's balconies & shutters open onto the square overlooking the trees. A quiet haven in the most Parisian of neighborhoods: Montmartre and Pigalle (named after Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, a 19th century painter and sculptor).

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This completely renovated full floor condominium of 1450 sq. ft. is airy, bright, private and conveniently located. It is four flights up and has no elevator. The building is turn of the century with an interior courtyard and an iron gate entrance. Retaining its Èpoque original charm, it is now complemented by all the modern necessities. It is extremely well located to all transportation such as the metro, buses, taxis and with easy access by cab to the Roissy-Charles- de Gaulle airport. See exterior photo.

Map of apartment location

It has three bedrooms, a formal dining room, a spacious living room, a full bath, one half bath with a W.C and another separate W.C off the main bathroom. Two bedrooms have queen size beds and there is a single bed in the third bedroom/office. The office/bedroom is equipped with a copier/fax machine and has separate voice and data lines. The living room has cable TV and a stereo system with Bose speakers. The kitchen is small by American standards but is fully equipped and functional with a conventional oven, a microwave oven, a toaster, an electric water boiler, a refrigerator and a dishwasher and a stove top. The kitchen has a breakfast nook with 3 stools. The washer and the dryer are in the rear bathroom.

See floor plan of the apartment.

There is a concierge in the building and it is situated on a quiet residential block. Access to the building is by code access through an iron gate that faces a roundabout where the building is located. The daily shopping is very easy, one block away, at the markets on famous rue Lepic and in all of Montmartre's neighborhood, and good size supermarkets. Transportation is very convenient: metro, buses and taxis stations are one block away. Coming from the Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport, we enter Paris through either Porte de la Chapelle or Porte St. Ouen.

The apartment was completely renovated by summer of 1999. The walls are white and the floor is terra cotta tile in the rear courtyard side section. The front part has hardwood floors in the dining room, living room and two bedrooms which all face the square. The flat sleeps four (4) people very comfortably. It is ideal for a couple with two children or two couples. This neighborhood is known for its artists hangouts. You will still find numerous ateliers turned museums such as the Gustave Moreau Museum & the Museum of Romantic Life

Music of Hector Berlioz website www.hberlioz.com

The Equipment:

Two independent and separate water heaters.
Gas and electric radiators heating.
Phone & Fax (France Telecom, CANON Multipass L60, P.C. compatible)
Television and Cable TV (SONY)
Hi-Fi stereo (PIONNEER and BOSE speakers)
Radio (NATIONAL)
Washer and Dryer and Dishwasher ( MIELE brand)
Ironing equipment
Refrigerator and Freezer
Microwave and conventional ovens (SAMSUNG and DIE DIETRICH)
Electric toaster oven (KAISUI)
Stove (2 gas burners and 2 electric VEDETTE) with exhaust hood and fan
Fully equipped kitchen (Pots and pans, cutlery and kitchen utensils
Everyday & entertainment china (six settings +)
Linen provided.
Summer cotton covers and winter down comforters.

Furnishing:

First room is the entryhall which lead to two hallways. Large mirrored hanging closet in hallway leading to living room. Sheer tergal curtains and window coverings.

The dining room has a mahogany bar with a wood base oversized lamp, a Louis XIII style dining table and 4 white leather high back chairs. There is a cupboard built flush into the wall with the "entertainment" dishes, glasses, placemats etc. Sheer tergal curtains and natural colored cotton linen
curtains with big églantine flowers.

The cupboard size telephone room has a stool and leads also into one of the bedrooms. Sheer curtains and window coverings.

The living room has an oversized coffee table, a sofa (not convertible), two armchairs covered with Boussac throws, a Chinese chest, two trolleys, a round side table (gueridon) covered with a hand embroidered tablecloth, a treasure chest turned side table. Two wood base oversized lamps sit on top of the tables. The TV sits on top of one of the trolleys. Sheer curtains and heavy window coverings. In the end bedroom turned office, there is a restored family armoire for the linen and an oversized "farm" table. Two marble book ends with a matching letter holder.

The hallway has a custom built closet, a small chest, two side tables and a queen size bed with a yellow quilted bedspread and a headboard made out of hanging pillows are matching the curtains.

The three rooms and five windows facing the square all have the same fabric window curtains and double mahogany wood rods with gold embouts (decorative tips). White balcony shutters throughout. The rear bedroom has a queen size bed, an old marble clock on the chimney and
Toile de Jouy window curtains, matching hanging pillows as a headboard.

Bathroom accessories:
Washbasins, shower, bathtub, toilets (PORCHER)
W.C. mini hand washbasin (JACOB DELAFON)
Raised toilet (GEBERIT)
Faucets (GROHE)

Floor coverings:
Sisal carpets in hallways (2), dining room (1), living room (1).
Wool tufted carpets in main bedroom (1) and bedroom/office(1)
Two area rugs.

*Adolfe Max, 19th century Belgian burgomaster
** Hector Berlioz, French composer

Shopping: (½ -1 block away.)

Neighborhood markets:
Fresh produce, greengrocers, fish and meat markets, boulangeries, wine stores on rue Lepic. The rue Lepic is a straight walk-up to the "Sacré Coeur" on top of Montmartre. One recommended path is through the rue Ravignan.

Neighborhood supermarkets:
G20 on rue Lepic
ATAC on Boulevard des Batignolles, off Place Clichy.
MONOPRIX de la Place Blanche, the food section in the basement.
FRANPRIX: on rue Ballu

Department Stores:
Just North of l'Opéra, the #68, 81, 95 buses go to the Grands Boulevards where you will find Les Galeries Lafayette and Le Printemps and the shops on and around Place Vendôme, Boulevard des Italiens et des Capucines. and the bus goes by the Palais-Royal, the Louvre and the Musée d'Orsay via the Opéra House (Palais Garnier) and the Bon Marché store (7th district).
The #74 bus goes to the Samaritaine and Bazar de l'Hôtel de Ville (BHV)department stores along the quays. The BHV is across from Paris City Hall. There is a public skating ring in front of the Hotel de Ville in the winter time.
The #30 bus goes to the Arc de Triomphe through the Trocadéro
The #95 goes to the Tour Montparnasse, via the Bon Marché. So does the #68 bus.

Things to see and do:

Places of interest in the 9th & 18th arrondissements:
Musée Gustave Moreau (14 rue de La Rochefoucault, Me Trinité)
Musée de la Vie Romantique (16 rue Chaptal, Me St George, Blanche ou Place Pigalle)
Musée Jacquemart André (corner rue de Téhéran & 158 blvd Haussmann)
Passage des Panoramas (at Blvd Montmartre and rue St Marc)
Nadia & Lili Boulanger Conservatory of Music & Dance (rue de Douai, across from Lycée Jules Ferry)
Le Montmartre de Toulouse Lautrec (coffee shops and bistrots Le Chat Noir, Le Mirliton)
Musée Dali (11, rue Poulbot, Me Abbesses)
Musée de Montmartre (12, rue Cortot, Me Lamarck-Caulaincourt)
Montmartre Cemetery (20 Avenue Rachel, Me PlaceClichy): Composers Hector Berlioz, Jacques Offenbach, dancer Nijinsky, film maker François Truffaut and painter Degas are buried in the Montmartre Cemetery. It may seem also hard to imagine DEGAS moved 8 times in his life within a 10 block radius from his birth place. Degas spent the last 5 years of his life at 6 boulevard de Clichy.
Musée de l'Opéra (Pl. de l'Opéra)
Musée Grévin (10 blvd Montmartre)

Other places of interest on the Right Bank:
Galerie "Arcade" Vivienne ( rue Vivienne et rue des Petits Champs, 2e arr.)
Passage du Caire ( Me: Sentier, 2e arr.)
Passage Jouffroy (Me. Richelieu-Drouot, 9e arr.)
Passages des Panoramas (Me: Bourse, 2e arr.)

Green spaces:
There are 10 acres of green parks in the 9th arrondissement of which the parc d'Anvers, Montholon, Estienne d'Orves, Alex Biscarre and Square Berlioz are the main ones; not to mention the gardens of the Museum of Romantic Life.

Churches:
Eglise de la Sainte Trinité (3 rue de la Trinité)
Eglise Notre Dame de Lorette
Eglise St Eugène
Eglise Luthérienne de la Rédemption
Grand Synagogue de la rue de la Victoire

Other:
Notre-Dame-de-PARIS (Ile de la Cité, bus #74) has free public concerts on Sunday afternoons.

Art Auction Houses:
Hôtel des Ventes Drouot (9, rue de Drouot, 9e, bus #74 from Place de Clichy to Drouot-Provence stop)
Sotheby's (76, rue du Fg St Honoré, 8e)
Christie's (6, rue Paul Baudry, 8e)

Flea markets: between the Porte de Clignancourt & Porte St Ouen (Metro station: Pte de Clignancourt): Marché Biron or Vernaison are the upscale antiques markets.(Sat-Sun-Mon).

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