Boulevard des Belges (Lyon)
| Boulevard des Belges | |
|---|---|
| location | |
| country | France |
| region | Rhône-Alpes |
| city | Lyon |
| District | Brotteaux ( 6th arrondissement ) |
| morphology | |
| Type | boulevard |
| expansion | 1500 × 25 |
| history | |
| former name | Boulevard du Nord (early 20th century) Coordinates: 45 ° 46 ' N , 4 ° 51' E |
The Boulevard des Belges is a broad, elegant Avenue in the 6th arrondissement of Lyon . Here you will find houses and villas that testify to the Lyon eclecticism at the end of the 19th century (styles Second Empire , Art Nouveau , 1930s, ...). The boulevard runs along the south side of the Parc de la Tête d'Or .
The originality and fame of the boulevard mainly comes from the odd numbered lots that border the park. They are separated from the park by a fence, to which there is private access. The richest Lyons live here. Often only the initials of the residents are given on the door signs.
In a north-west-south-east direction, the boulevard connects the left bank of the Rhône (Avenue de Grande-Bretagne and Quai Charles de Gaulle) with the Les Brotteaux district (Place Jules Ferry and former Gare des Brotteaux ).
In the version of the Monopoly game for Lyon, this is the most expensive street.
This area is connected by the bus routes C 1, C 6 ( Vitton - Belges station ).
history
In 1831 a defensive wall was built in the east of Lyon . About 30 years later it was demolished to make a promenade ; that was the birth of the boulevard.
In 1897, Mayor Antoine Gailleton regulated the development around the north side of the park: he prohibited trading establishments and buildings higher than three floors. The development of the boulevard began in 1900 and continued into the first half of the 20th century.
The former Boulevard du Nord was renamed in 1916 to include the Rue d ' Anvers (traffic artery in the 7th arrondissement ) and the Rue de Ypres ( 4th arrondissement ) in recognition of the 1914 resistance of the Belgian army.
Guimet Museum
In house number 28 there is a natural history museum , which is no longer open today. The building was erected in 1878. The museum is named after Emile Guimet , whose collection of Asian art was exhibited here before the museum was moved to Paris.
Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany
Building No. 33 was built around 1900. It was initially private before the Federal Republic of Germany acquired the building in 1954 and relocated its Consulate General from Place Bellecour here.
The building is a listed building ( Monument historique ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rues de Lyon - Boulevard des Belges ( Memento des Originals of October 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ read on the official website of the 6th arrondissement.
- ↑ compare also The First World War and the post-war period
- ↑ compare: fr: History of the Museum and Museum Guimet in Paris
- ↑ Consulate General Lyon ( Memento des Originals of February 21, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
