Place Bellecour

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Place Bellecour as seen from Fourvière hill
Place Bellecour

The Place Bellecour is the biggest square in Lyon ( France ). With an area of ​​62,000 m², it is the third largest square in France after the Place des Quinconces in Bordeaux and the Place de la Concorde in Paris .

“The horse” - Louis XIV in the pose of a Roman emperor

The square is located slightly south of the modern city center between the Saône and the Rhone . It has been renamed several times since the 12th century : Bella curtis, Place Royale, Place Louis-le-Grand, Place de la Fédération, Place de l'Égalité, Place Bonaparte, Place Napoléon. Three major shopping streets in the city lead to it, the first two of which are pedestrian only: from the north come the Rue de la République and, from the Place des Terreaux and the new Opera, which is located in the historical place directly behind the town hall, the rue du président Édouard Herriot. From the middle of the south side of Place Bellecour, Rue Victor Hugo continues via Place Ampère (Ampère underground station) to Place Carnot in front of the Lyon Perrache train station . The tourist information office for the city and metropolitan area of ​​Lyon is located on Bellecour Square.

Below Place Bellecour is the Bellecour stop of the Lyon subway , as the intersection of lines A and D, one of the most visited in the city. In the middle of the square is from 1826 back on his high pedestal one of François-Frédéric Lemot created equestrian statue of Louis XIV. , More popularly known as just "the horse" and a favorite haunt of Lyon ( "On se retrouve au cheval?" , Dt . "Shall we meet at the horse?"). His predecessor stood there in the middle of what was then Place Louis XIV until it was melted down for cannons on the orders of the revolutionaries. The Lyons, however, hid the bronzes of Saône and Rhône, which sat on the respective sides of the base, and brought them out again during the restoration so that they now sit at the feet of the Sun King again.

The Place Bellecour in 1998 as part of the Lyon Peninsula by the UNESCO for World Heritage declared.

Web links

Commons : Place Bellecour  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.lyon-passionnement.com/decouverte/lieux/bellecour/bellecour-02.htm
  2. ↑ http://www.tcl.fr/de/Enthaben-Sie-TCL/Enthaben-Sie-TCL
  3. ↑ http://www.dradio.de/dlf/sendung/sonntagsspaziergang/1952324/

Coordinates: 45 ° 45 ′ 28 "  N , 4 ° 49 ′ 55"  E