{"id":232831,"date":"2025-06-01T21:00:17","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T19:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/?p=232831"},"modified":"2025-06-02T19:18:54","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T17:18:54","slug":"histoire-rue-des-martyrs-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/insolite\/histoire-insolite-paris\/histoire-rue-des-martyrs-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"Savez-vous pourquoi cette voie montmartroise a \u00e9t\u00e9 baptis\u00e9e \u00ab\u00a0rue des Martyrs\u00a0\u00bb ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Situ\u00e9e entre les\u00a09<sup>e<\/sup>\u00a0et\u00a018<sup>e<\/sup> arrondissements de Paris, la <strong>rue des Martyrs<\/strong> est un ancien chemin menant vers le village de Montmartre. Mais d&rsquo;o\u00f9 lui vient ce curieux nom qui \u00e9voque un pass\u00e9 sombre ?<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Plusieurs toponymes<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>La rue des Martyrs ne date pas d&rsquo;hier ! Elle \u00e9tait \u00e0 l&rsquo;origine un chemin conduisant \u00e0 <strong>l&rsquo;abbaye de Montmartre<\/strong> qui existait autrefois en haut de la butte. Lorsque la voie est trac\u00e9e, celle-ci est tout d&rsquo;abord d\u00e9nomm\u00e9e la \u00ab\u00a0rue des Porcherons\u00a0\u00bb, en r\u00e9f\u00e9rence l&rsquo;ancien nom de ce quartier des faubourgs, d\u00e9j\u00e0 rempli de cabarets. De 1793 \u00e0 1806, celle-ci a ensuite pris le nom de \u00ab\u00a0rue du Champ-de-Repos\u00a0\u00bb, avant de devenir la \u00ab\u00a0rue des Martyrs\u00a0\u00bb en<time class=\"nowrap\" datetime=\"1868-04-02\" data-sort-value=\"1868-04-02\">\u00a01868<\/time>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_232838\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-232838\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-232838 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/chapelle_des_martyrs_montmartre_abbaye-paris-zigzag.jpg\" alt=\"L'abbaye de Montmartre. DR\" width=\"1200\" height=\"793\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/chapelle_des_martyrs_montmartre_abbaye-paris-zigzag.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/chapelle_des_martyrs_montmartre_abbaye-paris-zigzag-454x300.jpg 454w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/chapelle_des_martyrs_montmartre_abbaye-paris-zigzag-1024x677.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/chapelle_des_martyrs_montmartre_abbaye-paris-zigzag-768x508.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/chapelle_des_martyrs_montmartre_abbaye-paris-zigzag-200x132.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/chapelle_des_martyrs_montmartre_abbaye-paris-zigzag-80x53.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/chapelle_des_martyrs_montmartre_abbaye-paris-zigzag-500x330.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/chapelle_des_martyrs_montmartre_abbaye-paris-zigzag-700x463.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/chapelle_des_martyrs_montmartre_abbaye-paris-zigzag-1000x661.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/chapelle_des_martyrs_montmartre_abbaye-paris-zigzag-757x500.jpg 757w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/chapelle_des_martyrs_montmartre_abbaye-paris-zigzag-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-232838\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">L&rsquo;abbaye de Montmartre. DR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Qui sont les \u00ab\u00a0Martyrs\u00a0\u00bb ?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Pourquoi alors lui avoir donn\u00e9 ce nom de \u00ab\u00a0Martyrs\u00a0\u00bb ? Son origine remonte au temps o\u00f9 Montmartre \u00e9tait encore un village proche de la capitale, et aurait un lien \u00e9troit avec <strong>saint Denis<\/strong>. Selon une l\u00e9gende, le premier \u00e9v\u00eaque de Paris \u00e9tait charg\u00e9, avec ses compagnons \u00c9leuth\u00e8re\u00a0et\u00a0Rustique, d&rsquo;\u00e9vang\u00e9liser la Gaule sous l&rsquo;Empire romain. Le pr\u00e9fet romain Fesceninus les arr\u00eata et leur fit subir le martyre dans diff\u00e9rents lieux de la capitale.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_232836\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-232836\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-232836 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/rue_martyrs-paris-zigzag.jpg\" alt=\"La rue des Martyrs. DR\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/rue_martyrs-paris-zigzag.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/rue_martyrs-paris-zigzag-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/rue_martyrs-paris-zigzag-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/rue_martyrs-paris-zigzag-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/rue_martyrs-paris-zigzag-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/rue_martyrs-paris-zigzag-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/rue_martyrs-paris-zigzag-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/rue_martyrs-paris-zigzag-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/rue_martyrs-paris-zigzag-1000x750.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/rue_martyrs-paris-zigzag-667x500.jpg 667w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/rue_martyrs-paris-zigzag-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-232836\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">La rue des Martyrs. DR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ces trois prisonniers emprunt\u00e8rent alors les actuelles rue Montmartre,\u00a0rue du Faubourg-Montmartre et enfin, <strong>rue des Martyrs<\/strong>, pour rejoindre la butte Montmartre o\u00f9 les Romains les ont finalement d\u00e9capit\u00e9s. Cette derni\u00e8re \u00e9tape de son martyre explique donc le nom de cette rue du 18e arrondissement. Toujours d&rsquo;apr\u00e8s la l\u00e9gende, saint Denis aurait continu\u00e9 \u00e0 marcher, sa t\u00eate entre les mains, vers la commune baptis\u00e9e \u00ab\u00a0Saint-Denis\u00a0\u00bb, o\u00f9 il fut enseveli.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Une rue aux c\u00e9l\u00e8bres cabarets\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Au XIXe si\u00e8cle, cette rue faisait partie du quartier de la Nouvelle-Ath\u00e8nes, ce qui explique sa fr\u00e9quentation par bon nombre de romantiques. En effet, au num\u00e9ro 11 se trouvait autrefois l&rsquo;atelier du peintre Th\u00e9odore G\u00e9ricault, puis d&rsquo;Horace Vernet. G\u00e9ricault habitait d&rsquo;ailleurs au num\u00e9ro 49. Mais la voie est aussi connue pour accueillir de c\u00e9l\u00e8bres cabarets, \u00e0 l&rsquo;instar du <strong>Divan du Monde, de Madame Arthur ou du cabaret Michou<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_232837\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-232837\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-232837 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/madame-arthur-rue_martyrs-paris-zigzag.jpg\" alt=\"Le cabaret Madame Arthur\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/madame-arthur-rue_martyrs-paris-zigzag.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/madame-arthur-rue_martyrs-paris-zigzag-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/madame-arthur-rue_martyrs-paris-zigzag-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/madame-arthur-rue_martyrs-paris-zigzag-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/madame-arthur-rue_martyrs-paris-zigzag-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/madame-arthur-rue_martyrs-paris-zigzag-80x53.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/madame-arthur-rue_martyrs-paris-zigzag-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/madame-arthur-rue_martyrs-paris-zigzag-700x467.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/madame-arthur-rue_martyrs-paris-zigzag-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/madame-arthur-rue_martyrs-paris-zigzag-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/madame-arthur-rue_martyrs-paris-zigzag-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-232837\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Le cabaret Madame Arthur<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u00c0 lire \u00e9galement : <a title=\"La place du Tertre, des abbesses de Montmartre au tourisme de masse\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/insolite\/histoire-insolite-paris\/histoire-place-du-tertre-paris\/\">La place du Tertre, des abbesses de Montmartre au tourisme de masse<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Situ\u00e9e entre les\u00a09e\u00a0et\u00a018e arrondissements de Paris, la rue des Martyrs est un ancien chemin menant vers le village de Montmartre. Mais d&rsquo;o\u00f9 lui vient ce curieux nom qui \u00e9voque un pass\u00e9 sombre ? Plusieurs toponymes La rue des Martyrs ne date pas d&rsquo;hier ! Elle \u00e9tait \u00e0 l&rsquo;origine un chemin conduisant \u00e0 l&rsquo;abbaye de Montmartre [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":232839,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_titles_title":"Pourquoi cette voie a \u00e9t\u00e9 baptis\u00e9e &quot;rue des Martyrs&quot; ?","_seopress_titles_desc":"Situ\u00e9e entre les\u00a09e\u00a0et\u00a018e arrondissements de Paris, la rue des Martyrs est un ancien chemin menant vers le village de Montmartre.","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"5","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"Savez-vous pourquoi cette voie montmartroise a \u00e9t\u00e9 baptis\u00e9e &quot;rue des Martyrs&quot; ?","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/rue_martyrs-paris-zigzag-2.jpg","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_seopress_news_disabled":"","_seopress_video_disabled":"","_seopress_video":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas_manual":[],"_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable_all":"","_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1190,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-232831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-insolite","category-histoire-insolite-paris"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232831"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":232931,"href":"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232831\/revisions\/232931"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/232839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}