Saint Georges Lyon
St. George is a district located in the 5th district of the city of Lyon ( France ) whose name is given by the patronage of the parish church. Set within the perimeter saved entered in the World Heritage by UNESCO , it is one of the three parishes of Old Lyon , the historic heart of Lyon , with those of St. John and St. Paul.
Among its notable buildings we find the Church of St. George , many alleyways and many interesting buildings, among others located on Rue Saint-Georges, the Deanery and Quarantine.
Summary |
Status of district
- St. George Street, the heart of the neighborhood is an extension of the street who just Tramassac St. John. She has four sights of interest:
- The 'sun house' dating from the seventeenth century, bearing the family crest Barou of the Sun with a courtyard and elliptical faade, statues of the Virgin and St. Peter.
- A little later at No. 7 with beautiful windows called 'twin'.
- A spiral staircase in a turret at No. 12.
- At No. 62, a spiral staircase in a lovely courtyard.
- Rising watched was created in 1535 by Claude Le Viste to serve a property subdivided into plots called 'magpie'. It gave its name to a small square recess in the Place Bellecour, which gives the street from the bar.
- Rue du Doyenne, whose name comes from the building that stood there then, the hotel's dean of the chapter of St. John. In this street stands the statue of Lawrence Mourguet , the creator of Guignol.
- The climbs of Gourguillon and the new road still paved in places and very steep, joining the Antiquaille and Roman theaters to Fourviere.
- In St. George, many traboules scattered near
- From a rise of Gourguillon at 2 rue Saint-Georges;
- From 8 rue Saint-Georges Gourguillon rising to 5;
- From 3 to 6 Gourguillon rise of Saint-Georges;
- From 29th Street to 12th place Benedict Deanery Kinky;
- From 19 to 45 Fulchiron Wharf Street St. George;
- From 66 rue Saint-Georges watched rising to 19;
- From 35 up the road rise of 9 to 2 Gourguillon.
History
Prehistory:
late Iron Age, bone needle for sewing skins on the site of the quarantine, archive disappeared during the events of May 1968, but hearsay and late nineteenth century and designed by a living witness still currently a member of the Academy of Lyon , numerous remains of wharf narrow river port on the Rhone (treasure Choulans) giving the etymologies of the name of Lyon: lougoudounou according to an earlier Greek Roman (which seems to mean "people wearing lug") lug by Celtic and Nordic traditions representing a one-eyed god, like a giant cyclopean Cyclopean statue is found at the bottom of Choulans and gathered at the Museum of Gallo-Roman Fourviere.
The most prehistoric past is marked by the retreating glaciers of Lyon and the opening of the cap on the Sane to St. Paul and St. Nizier, parishes once powerful and determined the neighborhoods dating from successive periods, the confluence of Sane Rhone and was gradually pushed southward from the scrolls of the man of the rock bottom and top rates. Celts occupied the base river, the heights of Fourviere, and the neck to the top of the slope of Choulans Vaise trace outbreaks discovered during the digging of the tunnel side Fourvire quarantine Saint-Georges was a port located at the confluence of two rivers, place Saint-Jean and his current cathedral was an island in the Saone, so river port city of potters, hunters, all prepared through the mists and fogs to the arrival of the Romans.
Roman Period
Middle Ages and Renaissance
The foundation of the monastery of Sainte-Eulalie, marking the revival of the neighborhood. Its foundation would be given to St. Sacerdos , Bishop of Lyons 486 to 551 , thanks to the relics of St. Eulalia , brought from Spain by King Childebert I in 547. The monastery was destroyed by the Saracen invasions in 732 but was reborn from the ashes thanks to Missi Dominici sends Charlemagne in Lyon, Leidrade, elected bishop of Lyon in 798. It was in 1315 that the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem (which will become of Rhodes and of Malta) settled near the church of St. George.
From the seventeenth century to the nineteenth century
twentieth century and contemporary
Local Life
The association of St. George Dragons leads the neighborhood for many years. It organizes various events including the Carnival of Saint George, meals area, a garage sale and many other cultural events and festivals.
Accessibility
| This site is served by the metro station : Vieux Lyon - Cathdrale Saint-Jean. |
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