The Rue des Martyrs is a street that passes through the 9th and 18th arrondissements of Paris, France.
[1] The street is an old historic route in Pigalle leading up to the village of Montmartre, linking the church of Notre-Dame-de-Lorette with the Sacré-Cœur.
[2] The name derives from the first bishop of Paris and patron saint of Paris, Saint Denis, who was decapitated during the time of the Roman Empire in the 3rd century.
[1] He travelled on this road and died close to where the Basilica of Saint-Denis was founded subsequently.
The Cirque Medrano (originally called the Cirque Fernando) was a circus located at 63 Boulevard de Rochechouart, at the corner with Rue des Martyrs in the 18th arrondissement at the edge of Montmartre.