Jardin Rosa Mir

Coordinates: 45°46′50″N 4°49′55″E / 45.780516°N 4.832057°E / 45.780516; 4.832057
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A path of the garden

The Jardin Rosa Mir (English: Rosa Mir Garden) is a garden located in the center of La Croix-Rousse quarter in the 4th arrondissement of Lyon, and created by Jules Senis. It is housed in a courtyard of the building at No. 83 Grande Rue de la Croix-Rousse. It can be accessed through a path located at No. 87 in the same street.

History

This garden was created by Jules Senis (1913-1983), a tiler and bricklayer artisan, Spanish anarchist who had fled to France to escape the Spanish Civil War.[1] He was diagnosed with cancer, but recovered after several years in hospital. During his illness, he had vowed to build a garden if he managed to leave the hospital, and thus created the garden Rosa Mir, to which he devoted the last twenty-five years of his life.[2]

He dedicated this garden to his mother Rosa Mir Mercader.[2]

Description

Plants that compose this garden are mostly

Virgin Mary
.

The garden has an area of 400 sqm.

Antoni Gaudi's work[8] in Barcelona (Park Guel or the Sagrada Família). The originality of this garden for visitors often evokes Ferdinand Cheval's work,[2]
although the garden is more of a mixture of floral structures and finely decorated combining minerals and plants.

An association was created around 1983 to prevent the garden from being destroyed.

monuments historiques in 1987[9] and has the label Patrimoine du XXe siècle (20th-century heritage),[7] and has been the property of the City of Lyon since 1983. The garden is regularly frequented by visitors from around the world and has been mentioned in Japanese publications.[8]

The journalist Pierrick Eberhard described the garden as a "kitsch masterpiece" which reflects "the extraordinary expertise in the service of the fixed idea of work".[4]

The garden is open every Saturday from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. from April to October.

Photos

  • View of the garden from the stairs
    View of the garden from the stairs
  • The niche with the altar devoted to the Virgin Mary
    The niche with the altar devoted to the Virgin Mary
  • A desert rose
    A desert rose
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See also

References

  1. ^ Benhamou, Guy (5 December 2003). "Lyon secret et insolite — Jardins cachés, virées buissonnières". Le Point (in French). Retrieved 20 September 2010.
  2. ^ a b c "Le jardin Rosa Mir" (in French). Rhône-Alpes Culture. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
  3. ^
    L'Express
    (in French). Retrieved 20 September 2010.
  4. ^
    ISBN 978-2-84147-218-5
    .
  5. ISBN 2-915928-05-3
    .
  6. ^ "Jardin Rosa Mir Mercader — C'est un jardin extraordinaire" (in French). Balado. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
  7. ^ a b "Jardin Rosa Mir" (in French). Rhône Tourisme. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
  8. ^ a b c "Silence, ça pousse — Le jardin de Rosa Mir" (in French). France 5. Retrieved 20 September 2010.[permanent dead link]
  9. ^ Base Mérimée: Jardin Rosa Mir, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)

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