CITÉ DE L'ERMITAGE

You are approaching the Cité de l'Ermitage, a secluded, paved cul-de-sac that feels like a quiet village trapped in time. While the bustling rue de Ménilmontant is just steps away, this narrow path offers a rare glimpse into the history of the neighborhood when it was still a collection of rural hamlets on the outskirts of Paris. It remains one of the last preserved examples of the worker housing communities that once defined this hilly part of the twentieth arrondissement during the early twentieth century.