Les Cordeliers
Les Cordeliers is one of the central quarters in the
Origin of the name
It is named after the convent of the Cordeliers, whose church only, named Saint-Bonaventure, was spared by the confiscation of church property by the State after the
History
Roman era
During the Roman era, the current quarter housed Canabae quarter's warehouses. Some signs of living conditions were found and occupation under the
Middle Ages
Like the rest of the city, the neighbourhood was deserted until the 11th century and the repopulation was related to the reconstruction of bridges on the Saône and the Rhône. The living conditions centre was around Saint-Nizier and the narrow streets crossed the Cordeliers quarter from east to west, including the Rue Ferrandière, Rue Thomassin, Rue Tupin and Rue de la Poulaillerie which testified to the existence of streets dedicated to certain crafts or leisure occupations : iron, poultry market, pottery (the tupiniers or the tupineis game, which was a sort of game of skill on horseback with an earthen jar filled with water).[3] The quarter of Les Cordeliers was populated between the 11th and 14th centuries, although activity was slightly in the west, around the rue Mercière.
The convent of Les Cordeliers
The
In 1274, the council composed of Pope
The convent and hospital buildings (including that of Les Cordeliers) and hospitals occupied nearly a third of the
The
The 1798 revolution
After the revolution of 1789, the convent of Les Cordeliers and the Église des Jacobins were destroyed (the church in 1808), but the Église Saint-Bonaventure was kept and the current facade was even added in the 19th century. Around 1850, Les Cordeliers remained a set of unsalubrious streets, whose average width was five metres.
Under the Second Empire
During the Second Empire, hygiene became a concern of successive mayors. Like the great works overseen by
Creation of Grolée quarter
The Place des Cordeliers became one of the most important centers of the city. The Église of Saint-Bonaventure was flanked with the Galleries Lafayette and Le Grand Bazar. From 1887, the creation of the quarter Grolée was decided. Many stalls savetier crowded round the foothills of the Church. The streets at the rear of the building didn't exceed 2m wide and formed an unhealthy maze. Mayor Antoine Gailleton said : "(The quarter) has not yet had its part of transformations which, for a period of thirty years, have so powerfully contributed to give to our city an aspect of great city that suits it and which it must hold the first rank after the
20th century
On 24 June 1894, Italian anarchist
Notable monuments
- Grand Bazar : one of the major stores of Lyon center, demolished[12] and replaced with a glass and metal building
- Église Saint-Bonaventure
- Palais de la Bourse
- Headquarters of banks on the rue de la République : Crédit Lyonnais, Banque de France
- Shopping street in the neighbourhood : rue de la République, rue Tupin, rue Ferrandière, rue Grenet, rue Édouard Herriot, Place des Jacobins, rue Mercière
- Pont Lafayette
Bibliography
- Félix Rivet, "Une réalisation d'urbanisme à Lyon, le quartier Grolée, étude d'histoire et de géographie urbaine", Géographie de Lyon, 1955, 82 pages
References
- ^ Dictionnaire des religions, Larousse, 1971, p.72
- ^ Anne-Catherine Le Mer, Claire Chomer, Carte archéologique de la Gaule, Lyon 69/2, p. 349
- ^ Louis Maynard, Rues de Lyon avec indications de ce qu'on peut y remarquer en les parcourant, Traboules editions, p. 340
- ^ Abbé Pavy, Les Grands Cordeliers de Lyon, Lyon, 1885, p. 13
- ^ Abbé Pavy, Les Grands Cordeliers de Lyon, Lyon, 1885, p. 16
- ^ Abbé Pavy, Les Grands Cordeliers de Lyon, Lyon, 1885, p. 26
- ^ Jean Pelletier, Connaître son arrondissement, le 2e, Lyonnaises d'art et d'histoire editions, p. 25
- ^ Jean Pelletier, Connaître son arrondissement, le 2e, Lyonnaises d'art et d'histoire editions, p. 50
- ^ Jean Pelletier, Connaître son arrondissement, le 2e, Lyonnaises d'art et d'histoire editions, p. 55
- ^ Félix Rivet, Une réalisation d'urbanisme à Lyon, le quartier Grolée, étude d'histoire et de géographie urbaine, p. 16
- ^ Félix Rivet, Une réalisation d'urbanisme à Lyon, le quartier Grolée, étude d'histoire et de géographie urbaine, p. 72
- ^ "Le Grand Bazar est mort, vive le Grand Bazar !", December 12, 2006 Pointsdactu.org Archived 2009-05-14 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved May 24, 2009