This is a picture of the Vineyard in the Rue Saint-Vincent in the Montmartre district of Paris - named Clos Montmartre.The Romans decided that this area was the perfect place to honor Bacchus - so a temple was built, and the nuns started growing grapes. War and disease ravaged Montmartre over the centuries destroying all the of original vineyards.
It was a group of artists who petitioned the city government and were granted this small parcel of land in 1933 - and Clos Montmartre was planted. What a great use for this lovely landscape.
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