History Exhibition
History ExhibitionRegard Saint-Martin
Ménilmontant
Stumble upon a tiny stone hut with a gabled roof and a mysterious Latin inscription: this is one of Paris's last surviving regards, an 18th-century access point to the monks' aqueducts that once channeled rainwater to the city. The pediment tells the whole story, if you can read it: rebuilt in 1633 by Cluniac monks and the Knights Templar themselves.
17th century stone hut
Historic aqueduct access
Latin inscription above door
Monks and Templars water source
Tips
⚽"the old stones still bear the marks of our kicks, a legendary monument of the neighborhood"
🪨check out the steep cobbled streets nearby
📜the Latin inscription above the door explains the whole history
Regard Saint-Martin
MénilmontantOpen
History ExhibitionHistory ExhibitionStumble upon a tiny stone hut with a gabled roof and a mysterious Latin inscription: this is one of Paris's last surviving regards, an 18th-century access point to the monks' aqueducts that once channeled rainwater to the city. The pediment tells the whole story, if you can read it: rebuilt in 1633 by Cluniac monks and the Knights Templar themselves.
17th century stone hut
Historic aqueduct access
Latin inscription above door
Monks and Templars water source
Tips
⚽"the old stones still bear the marks of our kicks, a legendary monument of the neighborhood"
🪨check out the steep cobbled streets nearby
📜the Latin inscription above the door explains the whole history