Jean-Marais square in Montmartre, and his "Passe Muraille" statue

Place Jean-Marais is a square in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, 30 m by 15 m which serves the streets of Mont-Canis, Norvins and Saint-Rustique.

It is located in front of the square of the Saint-Pierre de Montmartre church, near the Place du Tertre, at the top of the Montmartre hill.

It is named after the French actor Jean Marais (1913-1998), who was also a sculptor. The statue "Passe Muraille" located on Place Marcel Aymé (100 m from Place Jean Marais) is of his hand. "Passe Muraille" is a book by the author Marcel Aymé who lived for a long time on the Butte Montmartre.

It bears this name since the decree of the city council of Paris dated March 13, 20071.

It was inaugurated on April 26, 2008 by Daniel Vaillant, mayor of the 18th arrondissement of Paris, in the presence of Christophe Caresche, deputy of the eighteenth district of Paris, and of the cabaret director Michou (director of the Cabaret Michou, at no. 80 rue des Martyrs, who died in 2020, and is buried in the Saint-Vincent cemetery in Montmartre).