Place des Jacobins
The Place des Jacobins is a square located in the 2nd arrondissement of Lyon. It was created in 1556 and a fountain was added in 1856. The square belongs to the zone classified as World Heritage Site by UNESCO. According to Jean Pelletier, this square is one of the most famous in Lyon, because of its location in the center of the 2nd arrondissement and its heavy traffic, as 12 streets lead here.[1] The square, particularly its architecture and its features, has changed its appearance many times throughout years.
Successive names
In 1740, the square was called Place Confort which then absorbed the rue des Alards in 1556,
History
Square and buildings
The square was created in 1556[2] after a request by King Henri II who wanted to replace the monks cemetery, located at the north of the Jacobins church, with a market.[1] One year later, the walls of the old cemetery of monks disappeared[2] and the place became a public square.[5] In 1562, some buildings were destroyed by the troops of the Baron des Adrets to open the rue Saint-Dominique.[1] The square was then triangular and named Place de Confort.[6]
From 1296, the Jacobins had a convent on the place, with a garden, and
The Jacobins church was built over a period from 1657 to 1689
Notable events that occurred on the square include executions of political opponents on 15 March 1590, a big
The square was enlarged twice: first in 1824, during the creation of the rue Centrale, built by the architects Benoît Poncet and Jean-Amédée Savoye;[9] then in 1860, when the square became trapezoidal as the rue Gasparin was opened and new buildings were added.[1] Some mosaics found on the square provided indications of what Roman houses looked like.[12]
In 2004, a plaque recounting its history was added to the square.[13]
Cross and well
Originally, there was a cross on the square, but it was removed in 1562 by the
Horace Cardon, who lived here, rebuilt the well in 1614 at his own expense. About one century later, the well was no longer sufficient for all the inhabitants of the neighborhood, especially in case of fire, and thus Antoine-Michel Perrache was entrusted to erect a new pump in 1759-60.[2][15]
Fountain
A fountain was erected in 1856 by Louis Danton, a wealthy upholsterer, who bequeathed his fortune for a work designed by Lienard and melted by Barbezat. In 1866, when the rue Impériale (now rue Édouard-Herriot) was opened, this rendered obsolete the fountain which was removed.[18]
A new fountain, designed by Desjardins, was inaugurated in 1868 to commemorate Claude-Marius Vaïsse but this politician was not liked and the fountain diameter (41.75 meters) was deemed as too excessive. At the fall of the Second Empire in 1870, the statue was not yet installed and was hidden in the customs warehouse. The statue could have been recast to erect that of Claude Bernard, which was never done, but it was recast without glory in 1902. The circle of the fountain of Desjardins was disassembled and reassembled in 1877 on the Place Carnot to host the fountain of the Republic until its final destruction in 1975 during the re-development of the square and the construction of the subway of Lyon. It was decided in 1877 to build a new fountain on the Place des Jacobins : a competition was launched from 18 January to 30 June.[18]
The city council decided to "give to the Place des Jacobins and Lyon (Place de la République) a monument". Two "second prizes" were awarded, one to
Architecture
Most buildings of the square are wealthy, with five decorated floors; and built circa 1850.[13] The No. 1 was built in 1860 after plans by Frédéric Ginioz. The No. 4 of the Place des Jacobins is the painter Paul Borel's house, conducted by architect Pierre Bossan in 1863.[21]
To the east, there is a large house, and in front, three small older ones. To the north, the building has slate roofs and, to the south-west, an eleven-storey building with rounded balconies.[13]
See also
References
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- ^ Pelletier, Jean. Connaître son arrondissement, le 2e (in French). Editions lyonnaises d'art et d'histoire. p. 25.
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- ^ Charvet, Léon (1873). René Dardel, 1796-1871 (in French). p. 78.
- ^ Chambet, Charles Joseph (1853). Nouveau guide pittoresque de l'étranger à Lyon. Panorama de la ville et d'une partie de ses environs, suivi d'un tableau de ses places, quais et rues, de ses établissements utiles, industriels, etc... (in French). p. 36. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
- ^ Steyert, A. (1895). Nouvelle histoire de Lyon (in French). Vol. I. Lyon. p. 282.
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- ^ Levesque, Jean Donatien (1978). Les Frères prêcheurs de Lyon: Notre-Dame-de-Confort, 1218-1789 (in French). p. 347.
- ^ a b Julie Vivier. "La Place des Jacobins: Les neufs vies de la place des Jacobins, ou la place qui a longtemps cherché fontaine à son pied" (in French). Lyon Passionnément. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
- ^ Société des amis de la Bibliothèque nationale et des grandes bibliothèques de France (1851). Bulletin du bibliophile et du bibliothécaire (in French). Librairie Giraud-Badin. p. 485.
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- ^ Lyon, Archives Communales de (1865). Inventaire sommaire des archives communales antérieures à 1790, série AA (in French). Vol. 1. p. 201.
- ^ a b Julie Vivier. "La Place des Jacobins: Les neufs vies de la place des Jacobins, ou la place qui a longtemps cherché fontaine à son pied (2è partie)" (in French). Lyon Passionnément. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
- ^ Gonthier, Nicole; Schreier, Bernard (1985). Sites et monuments historiques de Lyon (in French). p. 145.
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- ^ Jacquet, Nicolas (September 2008). Façades lyonnaises (in French). Laurence Solnais edition. p. 154.