The boulevards Belleville and Ménilmontant that set the boundaries of the northern 20th to the west are named after two villages that were annexed by the city of Paris in 1860.
Belleville was the more notorious of the two - it was one of two strongholds of the fierce Communards of 1871.
Sweeping views of Paris from the terraced Parc de Belleville and the rue de Ménilmontant are reminders that this was once remote territory to which Parisians repaired to leave behind the doldrums of city life.
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