Maison de Berlioz

The narrow, pale blue door tucked into the stone facade of rue Girardon marks the temporary home of Hector Berlioz in eighteen thirty-four. He moved into this quiet house in Montmartre to escape the clamor of central Paris and finish his symphony, Harold in Italy. Neighbors often complained about the strange, erratic noises drifting from his windows as he paced, singing fragments of his score to himself. He occupied the space for only a few months before his restless energy drove him elsewhere.