Clichy

Clichy In Paris, a street, avenue, boulevard, passage, and place are all named Clichy. They are all in the Montmartre »red-light« district, or they lead there. The town of Clichy (Latin name: Clippiacus, once quite exterior to Paris, as was the whole of Montmartre) was the site of the palace of the Merovingien king Dagobert (reign: 628 – 639). Saint Vincent de Paul (1581 – 1660) was the curé of Clichy in the 17th century. The Place de Clichy is on the site of a former barricade during the wars…