Pentes de la Croix-Rousse

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Les Pentes de la Croix-Rousse
- administration
country France
region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
city Lyon
Arrondissement 1.
- location
Coordinates 45 ° 46 ′ 14 "North
4 ° 49 ′ 54" East
height 178 m - 208 m
- Transport links
Subway Metro Lyon C
Bus route C 13 18 , among others

La Croix-Rousse is the name of one of the three hills of Lyons ( Fourvière (hill) and La Duchère ). It is also the name of one of the originalmunicipalitiesof the Rhône department , which is located on this hill and consists of two different districts:

history

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The settlement of the slopes of La Croix-Rousse did not begin until the Renaissance ; until then the hills were called "Saint-Sébastien". At the beginning of the 17th century, the city began to develop outside the Wall de la Lanterne ( Place des Terreaux ). The construction of the defensive walls of Croix-Rousse began in 1512 and lasted a century. In the 19th century the settlement became an industrial district thanks to the development of the silk industry in Lyons .

description

The Pentes de la Croix-Rousse stretch from the Rue du Jardin des Plantes to the top of the hill without the area around the Place Sathonay , which remains in the plain and thus in the 1st arrondissement .

Schematic representation of the descent

The quarter of the Pentes is leaning against the slope and is therefore steeply sloping. Some street names have the designation "slope" ( French montée ): Montée de la Grande Côte , Montée Saint-Sébastien, Montée des Carmelites, etc. In 1862 the first urban funicular in the world between the Rue Terme and the Boulevard de la Croix-Rousse put into service ( Funiculaire de la rue Terme ). Another followed in 1891, the Croix-Paquet , between Croix-Paquet and La Croix-Rousse. The first cable car was converted into a road tunnel after it was closed in 1967. The remaining sheet was in the line C integrated. Because of the steep incline, a rack railway had to be set up between the Hôtel de Ville - Louis Pradel and Croix-Rousse stations.

There are several buildings from the Roman era in the area: near the botanical gardens are the Lyon amphitheater and the Roman road that used to connect Lugdunum (the Latin name of Lyon) with Germania .

There are also numerous traboules , passages between the houses, which, depending on the terrain, consist of many stairs. However, they provide the shortest connection to the city center. The paths, consisting of narrow streets, slopes and stairs, are largely reserved for pedestrians.

Classification of the pentes

The slopes on the Croix-Rousse are divided into three units that are very different, although they still have one thing in common due to the terrain.

The middle part

Montée de la Grande Côte before the renovation

The Montée de la Grande Côte , as the name suggests, rises almost vertically and connects the Place des Terreaux on the plain with the Boulevard de la Croix-Rousse on the hill. But there are other, less steep Montée; this "hump-backed" zone was edited several times to make it more comfortable:

  • Through squares or squares that interrupt the slope, such as Place Colbert, which forms the entrance to the Cour des Voraces and its 6-storey staircase, Place Morel or Place Rouville
  • Through parks such as the Jardin des Plantes, the Jardin de la Place Croix-Rousse or the small Jardin Villemanzy, all of which aim to create green spaces in the densely populated area.

The central part is again divided into several zones: the “Quartier des Terreaux” (named after the square of the same name), the “ Sainte-Catherine  ” (also called the lower slope , French bas des pentes ), the actual “Pentes” and then the upper one Slope ( French haut des pentes ) , starting on the Boulevard de la Croix-Rousse just before the plateau.

The western part

The "Quartier des Chartreux" spreads to the west, named after the former congregation that was based here and which had a grammar school ( Institution des Chartreux ), the church of Saint-Bruno-les-Chartreux de Lyon and gardens above the Saône.

The eastern part

To the east, the foothills of the Rhône offer viewpoints of the Parc de la Tête d'Or and the Alps from the slope of Saint-Sébastien and the terrace Villemanzy (within the walls of the former military hospital Villemanzy) and, even higher, on the plateau of the Esplanade Le Gros Caillou and Place Bellevue.

Green spaces

Former Jardin des Plantes
  • The Croix-Paquet Botanical Garden , a long, steep square between the streets of Rue Alsace-Lorraine, Rue des Fantasques, Montée Saint-Sébastien and the square of the same name. It extends over 7,000 m² above the metro station of the same name.
  • The Jardin de la Grande Côte along the slope of the same name (Montée de la grande Côte) . The garden presents a variety of mulberries on its terraces on an area of ​​more than 6,000 m² on the slope of La Croix-Rousse .
  • The Jardin des Chartreux in the west above the Place du Port Neuville along the Cours Général Giraud and the Place Rouville with an area of ​​about one hectare. From there is a good view of the banks of the Saône and the old town of Lyon.
  • The Duplat Stadium between Boulevard de la Croix-Rousse and Rue Pierre Dupont.
  • The Jardin des Plantes and the Amphithéâtre des Trois Gaules on the rue

Lucien Sportisse.

Attractions

Église du Bon Pasteur

Photo gallery

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ François Dallemagne: Les Défenses de Lyon. Enceintes et fortifications. Photographies de Georges Fessy. Éditions Lyonnaises d'Art et d'Histoire et al., Lyon et al. 2006, ISBN 2-84147-177-2 , pp. 42-50.

Coordinates: 45 ° 46 '  N , 4 ° 50'  E