Butte Saint-Roch, Historical hill in 1st arrondissement, Paris, France
The butte Saint-Roch was a hill located near the current rue Saint-Roch, bounded by rue des Petits Champs to the north.
The hill served as an execution site in the 15th century, where criminals and heretics faced death by burning or immersion in boiling cauldrons.
Joan of Arc positioned artillery on the hill during the 1429 siege of Paris, where she sustained injuries during the attack on Porte Saint-Honoré.
The hill disappeared in 1875 during the construction of Avenue de l'Opéra, with its materials repurposed for filling excavations at Champ de Mars.
The elevation originated from accumulated debris, including ruins from Philip Augustus' wall and remnants of old windmills that once stood on its summit.
Location: Paris
GPS coordinates: 48.86638,2.33482
Latest update: October 9, 2025 20:52
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