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The Place Benoît-Crépu is a stone-paved square, located in Saint-Georges quarter, on the banks of the Saône , in the 5th arrondissement of Lyon. It has fountains with dolphin heads, many benches and trees and a playground. The place belongs to the area classified as World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
This article lists the main streets and squares in Lyon, France. [1] This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (September 2009
Lyon [c] (Franco-Provençal: Liyon) is the second-largest city in France by urban area and the third largest by city limits. [14] It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, 391 km (243 mi) southeast of Paris, 278 km (173 mi) north of Marseille, 113 km (70 mi) southwest of Geneva, Switzerland, 58 km (36 mi) northeast of Saint-Étienne.
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Tourist attractions in Lyon (10 C, 18 P) Sports venues in Lyon Metropolis (1 C, 5 P) M. Museums in Lyon Metropolis (1 C)
The street lined with plane trees, viewed from the Cours Gambetta, in the 3rd arrondissement. Alongside the Avenue du Maréchal Foch, the street was in the Brotteaux quarter one of the major components of the map established by French architect Jean-Antoine Morand, who had planned it as a wide avenue with trees. [10]
The almanac of Lyon was printed in this street from 1740 to 1836. [4] Among the famous residents of the street are Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa (1509) who held the secret society named l'Agla, Langlai brothers who printed Simon Maupin 's Lyon map, and writer André Steyert who was born in this street in 1830.
Further in the north, the facade of the Abbey of Saint-Pierre (now Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon), with a grand entrance between two columns, which was formerly on the Rue de Clermont, dating from the seventeenth century. The street is known for its numerous luxury shops like Louis Vuitton, Cartier, Christian Dior, Longchamp, Hermes...