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Vieux Lyon

Vieux Lyon
FieldValue
WHSHistoric Site of Lyon
imageVieuxlyon saintjean toits.jpg
image_upright1.2
locationLyon, Arrondissement of Lyon, Lyon Metropolis, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
criteria(ii), (iv)
ID872
coordinates
year1998
area427 ha
buffer_zone323 ha
locmapinGrand Lyon#France
Saint-Jean quarter, part of the Vieux Lyon, with the Saint-Jean cathedral as seen from the montée des Chazeaux.

Vieux Lyon (, ) is the largest Renaissance district of Lyon. In 1964, Vieux-Lyon, the city's oldest district, became the first site in France to be protected under the Malraux law to protect France's cultural sites. Covering an area of 424 hectares between the Fourvière hill and the river Saône, it is one of Europe's most extensive Renaissance neighborhoods. There are three distinct sections: Saint Jean, Saint Paul and Saint Georges. In 1998, Vieux Lyon was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List along with other districts in Lyon because of its historical importance and architecture.

The Saint Jean quarter in the Middle Ages was the focus of political and religious power. The Cathedral of St Jean, seat of the archbishop of Lyon (also known as the Primate of Gaul), is a good example of Gothic architecture. The Manécanterie adjoining the cathedral is one of Lyon's few extant Romanesque buildings. Formerly a choir school, it now houses the museum of the cathedral's treasures. Saint Jean is also home to the Museum of Miniatures and Film Sets, located in a building that was the Golden Cross Inn in the 15th century.

The Saint-Paul section in the 15th and 16th centuries predominantly housed Italian banker-merchants. They moved into sumptuous urban residences here called hôtels particuliers. The Hôtel Bullioud and the Hôtel de Gadagne are two examples and the latter now houses the Lyon Historical Museum and the International Puppet Museum. The Loge du Change stands as testimony to the period when trade fairs made the city wealthy. The Saint Paul church, with its Romanesque lantern tower and its spire, mark the section's northern extremity.

The Saint Georges section was home to silk weavers, who settled in the section beginning in the 16th century. They later moved to the Croix Rousse hill in the 19th century. In 1844, the architect Pierre Bossan rebuilt the St George's Church on the banks of the Saône in a neo-Gothic style. In the Middle Ages, when there were only a few parallel streets between the hill and the Saône, the first traboules were built. Derived from the Latin trans-ambulare, meaning to pass through, traboules are corridors through buildings and their courtyards, connecting one street directly with another. A large number of galleries and spiral staircases remain in the traboules.

Saint-Paul

Saint-Paul is the quarter surrounding Gare Saint-Paul, built in 1873, and the church of the same name. It is the scholastic pole of Vieux Lyon, with two main institutes, les Maristes et les Lazaristes. The church of Saint Paul itself was built for the first time in 549 and rebuilt in the 11th and 12th centuries.

Ce quartier fut mis en scène dans le film de Bertrand Tavernier L'Horloger de Saint-Paul, dont le magasin se situait rue de la Loge, tout juste à côté de la rue Juiverie, qui tient son nom du fait que les Lyonnais d'obédience judaïque occupaient ce quartier au Moyen Âge.

Sites remarquables. La place Saint-Paul : On y construit en 1873 la gare qui desservit la vallée d'Azergues au nord de Lyon.

L'église Saint-Paul a subi les aléas du temps : construite une première fois en 549, elle fut dévastée par les Sarrasins[réf. nécessaire] et reconstruite au xiie siècle. Furent ajoutés en 1875-77 une flèche et le portail néo-gothique. Elle possède un lanterneau roman réparti en deux dômes octogonaux au sommet de l'édifice. On peut observer l'édifice en bénéficiant d'une vue d'ensemble de la place Gerson, du nom d'un théologien inhumé dans l'église en 1428. Sur la place se trouve la maison Mourguet où le créateur de Guignol y monta des spectacles. Elle possède une tourelle carrée en encorbellement. --

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References

  1. ''[https://en.lyon-france.com/Lyon-Metropole-and-the-region/The-districts-of-Lyon/vieux-lyon ONLYLYON Tourisme] {{Webarchive. link. (2021-12-27 '', Lyon Metropole and the region, districts of Lyon, Vieux Lyon)
  2. "Historic Site of Lyon". United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization.
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