Stairs to reach historic campagne à Paris streets

These stairs serve as the literal gateway to a landscape that defies the dense urban environment of the twentieth arrondissement. You are climbing toward a micro-neighborhood known as La Campagne à Paris, which translates to The Countryside in Paris. The ascent is necessary because the district sits atop a small, wooded hill, rising abruptly above the surrounding city streets. This elevated position was once the site of a gypsum quarry that had been abandoned for decades before it was reclaimed for this ambitious housing project.