Rue Lanterne

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Rue Lanterne
Part of the street, just after the Rue d'Algérie
TypeStreet
Location1st arrondissement of Lyon, Lyon, France
Postal code69001
Construction
Construction startMiddle Ages

The Rue Lanterne is one of the oldest streets of Lyon, created in the Middle Ages, which is located in the 1st arrondissement of Lyon. It begins after the rue d'Algérie and ends against a facade of the rue Longue.

History

The street was known in 1356.

bas-relief showed a lion with a lantern in its claws. In 1507, the pavement was decided.[4] A shop sign took its name to the Rue de l'Enfant-qui-pisse, which was then the part between the Place de la Platière and the rue Longue[5] and was included to the rue Lanterne in 1846.[6]

A statue of a child urinating poured wine during certain feasts. In 1612, then in 1734, the

Louis Philippe.[2] The houses bore names such as L'Urne aux Roses (No. 15) or À la Toison d'Or (No. 24).[1]

In the street lived many famous goldsmiths, painters and surgeons,[4] as well as Alphonse Daudet for a while.[5] In the past, at the architural level, there was a bust of a Roman emperor at No. 11, and a medallion with a lamb hanging from a chain above the door at No. 24.[4]

Architecture and associations

The street starts with big 19th century buildings, then the great door of the Hall of the Terreaux, whose traboule is open only for major events. After the rue Constantine, there are several houses from different eras with carved doors.[3]

Throughout time, there were old shop signs of

neogothic styled temple at number 10, built between 1855 and 1857, and currently used by the Cultural Association of the Reformed Church of Lyon Terreaux.[9]

The straight

transom and a traditional hammer, crosses three buildings, and ends at No. 20 rue Paul Chenavard.[10]

At No. 8, the architecture, linked to Romanticism, is characterized by a diversity and richness of decorative programs and a variety of sources of inspiration.[11]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Brun De La Valette, Robert (1969). Lyon et ses rues (in French). Paris: Le Fleuve. pp. 146–47.
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    ISBN 2-7171-0453-4
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  3. ^ a b c "Rue Lanterne" (in French). Rues de Lyon. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
  4. ^ a b c d Meynard, Louis (1932). Dictionnaire des lyonnaiseries — Les hommes. Le sol. Les rues. Histoires et légendes (in French). Vol. 3 (1982 ed.). Lyon: Jean Honoré. pp. 50–53.
  5. ^ a b "Lanterne" (in French). Les Rues de Lyon. 31 August 2008. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
  6. ISBN 2-84147-126-8
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  7. ISBN 2-7234-3442-7
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  8. ISBN 2-7348-0062-4
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  9. ^ "Histoire du Protestantisme à Lyon" (in French). Église Réformée Lyon-Ouest CHANGE. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
  10. ISBN 2-904899-01-4
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  11. ISBN 978-2-35179-026-7
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45°46′00″N 4°49′54″E / 45.76667°N 4.83167°E / 45.76667; 4.83167

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