Place Sathonay
Coordinates: 45 ° 46 ' N , 4 ° 51' E
| Place Sathonay | |
|---|---|
| location | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 76'91 "N 4 ° 83'03" E |
| country | France |
| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| city | Lyon |
| District | La Martinière ( 1st arr. ) |
| shape | |
| Art | closed place |
| shape | square |
| surface | 4,000 m² |
| history | |
| Emergence | 1st half of the 19th century |
| former name | Place de la Déserte |
| Monuments | City Hall of the 1st arr. Statue of Sathonay Lion Fountain |
| Specialty | Historic district UNESCO World Heritage |
The Place Sathonay is a square space in the 1st arrondissement of Lyon at the foot of Pentes de la Croix-Rousse . It takes its name from Nicolas-Marie-Jean-Claude Fay de Sathonay mayor of Lyon from 1805 to 1812.
history
Middle Ages to Renaissance
Until the decision of the municipal council on August 22, 1817, the square was called Place de la Déserte. In Tractatus de bellis induciis from 1268 one finds that the Lyonnais built fortifications in the Déserte ( German desert ) in order to be able to defend themselves against the church authorities. In 1296, Blanche de Châlons, the widow of the Lord of Beaujeu , acquired the French parcel «proche de la porte nouvelle» 'near the new gate' and in 1304 founded the monastery or abbey under this name for the "Lady of Saint Clair or Clarisses " who followed the rule of the Benedictines . In 1318 the son of Blanche de Châlons bequeathed the vineyards of Varissonnière to the nuns and in 1439 the businessman Pierre du Nyèvre transferred another vineyard, which allowed the Clarissen to enlarge their property.
In 1513, the Lyons Society of Archers established a training ground on a hill they owned, called the Grund des Auges , between Rue des Augustins and Place Sathonay. You were on the premises of Rue Grôlée and Rue de l'Hôpital.
Modern time
The square of the square was delimited as follows in 1745: Rue Sergent Blandan to the south, the Montée des Carmelites to the west, the Rue du Bon Pasteur to the north and the Montée de la Grande Côte to the east .
The revolution and its consequences
From 1791, the holdings of the religious associations, most of which were located on the Pentes de la Croix-Rousse , became national property . The first offer in the auction was the possession of Chartreux in 1791. The largest sales were in 1796. The Clos de la Déserte fell to the department. In 1802 the steepest point in the north of the area was converted into a botanical garden that can still be visited today. The rest of the buildings still belong to the department, but were ceded to the city of Lyon . It was proposed to set up an imperial riding school or a pawnshop in the empty buildings . But finally, in 1813, the buildings, with the exception of today's town hall of the arrondissement, were demolished. The buildings were replaced by a plaza paved with river stones and flat stones. In 1817 the city architect Louis Flachéron suggested enlarging the square and creating an entrance to the botanical garden. The square, created during Mayor Fargues' term of office , covered 4,000 m². The stairs to the north next to the town hall give access to the botanical garden. On each side of the staircase there are fountains with cast iron lions, which were made in the state foundry of Creusot and are a replica of the lions of the fountain at the institute in Paris, which in turn were modeled on the fountain of Moses in Rome. The adjacent streets were built between 1820 and 1821, and the land was quickly assigned. The success of this operation was due to the proximity to the botanical garden and the relative distance to the noise of the Montée de la Grande-Côte . In contrast to neighboring districts, there are more residential buildings than silk processing companies.
In the center is the statue of Sergent Blandan , who was born in the neighborhood and died during the conquest of Algeria in 1842. The original bronze statue disappeared during World War II and was replaced by a stone statue at the end of the war.
today
In addition to the town hall of the arrondissement, which is housed in the only historic building of the Couvent de la Déserte , the Passage de la Déserte , which connects the square with the Rambaud square (at house 30, rue Sergent Blandan), is a memory to the vanished monastery.
The square is popular for its cafes, bohemian atmosphere and Lyon boules players . The town hall of the 1st arrondissement is also located here .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Maurice Vanario, Henri hours, Gérard Collomb: Les rues de Lyon à travers les siècles (XIVe au XXIe siècles) . Editions lyonnaises d'art et d'histoire, Lyon 2002, ISBN 2-84147-126-8 .
- ↑ André Steyert, Armorial général du Lyonnais, Forez et Beaujolais, R. Georges, 1998 (1st edition in 1860, A. Brun), ISBN 2-912556-28-7 , page 257; ( Bibliothèque nationale de France No. FRBNF36997588 ).
- ↑ Josette Barre: La colline de la Croix-Rousse . Éditions lyonnaises d'art et d'histoire, Lyon 2001, ISBN 2-84147-114-4 , p. 41 .
- ↑ Josette Barre: La colline de la Croix-Rousse . Éditions lyonnaises d'art et d'histoire, Lyon 2001, ISBN 2-84147-114-4 , p. 61 .