Trail, Neighborhood and metro station in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, France
Sentier is a neighborhood and a metro station in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, set between Boulevard de Sébastopol and Rue Réaumur. Its streets are narrow and lined with stone-fronted Parisian buildings, with a few covered passages tucked in between.
In the 16th century, this area marked the outer boundary of Paris, protected by walls built in the 14th century, and streets like Rue de Cléry still follow their old course. By the 19th century, the area had grown into the heart of the Paris textile trade.
The Sentier neighborhood has long been the center of the Paris textile trade, and many storefronts still reflect that past. Walking along Rue Réaumur or Rue d'Aboukir, visitors also come across street art murals and a green wall created by botanist Patrick Blanc.
The Sentier metro station sits on line 3 and makes a good starting point for exploring the neighborhood on foot. Most shops and covered passages are open during the day, so a morning or early afternoon visit tends to work best.
On Rue du Sentier, Mozart's mother died in 1778 while he was living in the city, and the nearby church Saint-Eustache held her funeral with almost no one in attendance. The Passage du Caire, opened in 1798 and the oldest covered passage in Paris, is also found here, though it remains little visited today.
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