Anvers (Sacré-Cœur) is a station on Line 2 of the Paris Métro
on the border of the 9th and the 18th arrondissements in Montmartre.
The station was opened on 21 October 1902 as part of the extension
of line 2 from Étoile. It was the eastern terminus of the line until its
extension to Bagnolet (now called Alexandre Dumas) on 31 January 1903.
The station is named after the Place de Anvers and the city of Antwerp
(Anvers in French).
The station is built under the Boulevard de Rochechouart, which was built on
the route of the Wall of the Farmers-General, built to enforce the collection
of taxation between 1784 and 1791 and demolished in the 19th century.
It is the only station on line 2 between Charles de Gaulle - Étoile and Nation
that it not built on the site of a gate (French: barrière) of the wall, which
became important intersections and thus logical places for stations.
Instead it was placed as close to the foot of the Montmartre funicular as
possible. Nevertheless the Barrière de Rochechouart was nearby to the
east at the junction of the Boulevard de Rochechouart and the Rue de Rochechouart.
Nearby are the hill of Montmartre and the Basilica of the Sacré-Cœur
October 8, 2018