(Last Update: 06.06.2025) I don't know if you love it as much as I do Edith PiafI have loved since my childhood. Even this love is not with his songs Gulriz Sururiof “Pavement SparrowIt started with the play "" and later I listened to and loved Edith Piaf's songs thanks to this play. Then time comes and goes, of course, the more you love, the more you love; He gets different pleasure from each song.
Ah, once upon a time Edith Piaf used the r's in her songs as "ğğğğğğğHow I used to make fun of him emphasizing " How could I know that one day learn french that I will have to 🙂 Now, every time I try to pronounce that letter “r”, I remember making fun of Edith Piaf, this time I laugh at myself :)
Anyway; When one has such a favorite singer, one naturally wonders about the places where he/she was born and lived; even his grave. Before Père Lachaise CemeteryI visited her grave in , but I honestly didn't know where the house where Edith Piaf was born was. One day, during the French course, our teacher went to Edith Piaf's house. Rue de BellevilleHe said it was in , so I said it with a little misunderstanding at first. Bellevue StreetI went to . Fortunately, Rue de Belleville was not too far away, and I finally had the chance to see this house.
Of course, Edith Piaf is not in this house, but in the house nearby. Hôpital Tenon'was born in I looked at the map and saw the hospital where he was born and where his grave is now. Père Lachaise Cemetery There are a few hundred meters between… I was born in Zeynep Kamil Hospital in Istanbul and one day I was buried in Karacaahmet Cemetery. dreaming of being buried As a person, I see it as a strange irony of life that I have traveled all over the world, only to cross the road from where I was born and sleep there for the last time; So the great Edith Piaf couldn't do more either...
Let's talk about Edith Piaf's house again. Actually, to be honest, there isn't much to tell. 20. boroughI don't know what this neighborhood was like in his childhood, but it is not such an attractive place today. You come across an apartment door that looks abandoned, on a chaotic hill that has been invaded by Far Easterners. 72 Rue de BellevilleWhen you arrive at . An inscription on the door, Edith Piaf was born in this house on December 19, 1915. says; It hurts when you look at it. “Giovanna GassionA childhood that started as "" and spent in misery, a terrible life, but "Edith Piaf” is a great musical success; It takes people from one place to another and throws them there. I don't think I would want such a life in return for such success, but if nothing goes well, at least having this kind of fame seems better than nothing? I didn't know...
I don't know how you feel when you pass by this house, but honestly I could feel so many things in a single frame. There may be many more things if I dig into the depths of my soul, but ultimately this is a "self-psychoanalysis" blog, we are trying to talk about the beauties of Paris here :)
If you love Edith Piaf, if it is important for you to see the house where she was born and raised and the neighborhood where she spent her childhood. M11 to the metro get on Pyrenees You can get off at the station. Let's see how you feel when you see Edith Piaf's house on the left while walking down the hill. As I said, this is not a very attractive neighborhood, maybe Rue de Mouzaïa & Rue de BellevueYou can see that it is an interesting and enjoyable place; And while you're nearby Buttes Chaumont ParkYou can visit . A beautiful Paris and Eiffel Tower offering a view Belleville Park – Parc de Belleville It is two steps away from you.
We talked enough about Edith Piaf, so let me share one of her songs at the end of the article. Since it is difficult to choose one among all the songs, let's listen to "Milord" together, which is the only Edith Piaf song I have memorized.
"Allez, Venez…"
Homes of Other Famous People:
- Victor Hugo's House – Place des Vosges
- Balzac's House – Maison de Balzac
- House of Auguste Rodin – Rodin Museum (Paris)
- House of Auguste Rodin – Rodin Museum (Meudon)
- House of Alexandre Dumas – Castle of Monte Cristo
- Vaux le Vicomte Castle, Where La Fontaine Wrote His Books
- Claude Monet's House (Giverny)
- Jules Verne's House – Maison de Jules Verne (Amiens)
- House of Leonardo da Vinci – Clos Lucé (Amboise)
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It was one of the points that were in our travel plan but unfortunately we could not make it. This required us not to make a new travel plan immediately.