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Vieux Lyon ([vjø ljɔ̃], English: Old 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.
Hospices civils de Lyon; Les Brotteaux; Perrache (quartier de Lyon) La Duchère; Ainay; Bellecour (métro de Lyon) Hôtel de Ville - Louis Pradel (métro de Lyon) Vieux Lyon - Cathédrale Saint-Jean (métro de Lyon) Stade de Gerland – Le LOU (métro de Lyon) Gare de Vaise - Gérard Collomb (métro de Lyon) Saxe - Gambetta (métro de Lyon)
Originally, it was a natural road descending the hill of Fourvière to what is now known as Vieux Lyon, on the banks of the Saône river, thus connecting the two ancient centers of the city. Fourvière, the high center of the ancient city of Lugdunum, eventually diminished to the benefit of Vieux Lyon. In the Middle Ages, the street was called ...
Place Saint-Jean. The Place Saint-Jean is an old pedestrian square in the 5th arrondissement of Lyon (a.k.a. the "vieux Lyon", which means the oldest borough of Lyon). It is located in front of the Roman Catholic cathedral of Saint-Jean.
To the west of the Saône, the 5th arrondissement covers the old city (Vieux Lyon), Fourvière hill and the plateau beyond. The 9th is immediately to the north, and stretches from Gorge de Loup, through Vaise to the neighbouring suburbs of Écully , Champagne-au-Mont-d'Or , Saint-Didier-au-Mont-d'Or , Saint-Cyr-au-Mont-d'Or and Collonges-au ...
The Rue du Bœuf (French pronunciation: [ʁy dy bœf]) is a 188-metre cobbled pedestrian street of the Vieux Lyon quarter, located in the 5th arrondissement of Lyon. [1] Very representative of the Renaissance architecture of the neighborhood, it is lined only with old houses from the 16th or 17th century.
The Rue Lainerie (French pronunciation: [ʁy lɛnʁi]) is an ancient cobbled pedestrian street of the Vieux Lyon quarter, in the 5th arrondissement of Lyon. [1] From north to south, it connects two quarters, Saint-Paul and Saint-Jean, and more precisely the Place du Change and the Place Saint-Paul.
In 1866, the church of Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux, which was on the square, was demolished. [8] The current name was assigned by the municipal council of 23 November 1894 as tribute to Benoît Crépu, a tanner born in Lyon on 23 January 1839 and died in the city on 4 April 1893, as he had donated part of his fortune to the city of Lyon. [9]