Montée des Carmélites
| Montée des Carmélites | |
|---|---|
| location | |
| Coordinates | Coordinates: 45 ° 46 ′ 16.3 " N , 4 ° 49 ′ 41.9" E 45 ° 46 ′ 16 "N 4 ° 49 ′ 42" E |
| country | France |
| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| city | Lyon |
| District | Quarter on the slope ( 1st arr. ) |
| from | Place Lieutenant-Morel |
| to | Rue de l'Annonciade |
| morphology | |
| Type | Street |
| history | |
| old names | Montée de la Déserte Cote Saint-Vincent |
| monument | Former Jardin des plantes |
| esp. protection | ZPPAU des Pentes Historic Center UNESCO World Heritage |
The Montée des Carmelites ( German Karmelitersteig ) is a street in the 1st arrondissement of Lyon .
history
The story of this ascent is as old as the story of Lyon, because it was one of the three roads that led up to the hill of La Croix-Rousse . A plaque reminds that this path was once called voie du Rhin ( German way to the Rhine ). The path had stairs on particularly steep sections, for example along the Jardin des Plantes de Lyon .
This path was formerly called Montée de la Dèserte (Desert Ascent ) in memory of the monastery founded by Blanche de Châlon in 1296, which stood at today's Place Sathonay . Another name was Côte Saint-Vincent. From around 1651 the street was named Montée des Carmelites. The Carmelites were established in the district in 1616 by Jacqueline de Harlay, wife of Governor Charles de Neuville de Villeroy d'Alincourt . Louise Labé's family owned here. The house of Carmel de Lyon was founded on October 9, 1616 by 7 Carmelite women; there were thirty when it was dissolved in 1792. This order followed in the footsteps of the hermit Berthold from Mount Carmel in Palestine and who was also the model for the monastery on the other side of the Saône, the monastery of the Discalced Carmelites . Today the Saint-Charles Clinic is located in this complex.
Monuments
On the edge of the Montée is the Auguste Burdeau fountain and the Lyon amphitheater
Auguste Burdeau fountain
literature
- Patrice Béghain, Bruno Benoit and Gérard Cornelou, Dictionnaire de l'histoire de Lyon, 2009, 1504 pages, ISBN 2-915266-65-4 , (cf. BNF , 42001687 )