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Place De La Trinité
The Place de la Trinité is a square located in the 5th arrondissement of Lyon. The square, fully paved and surrounded by old buildings like the sun house (18th century), is more a crossing of small streets than a real square. It is on the hillside of Fourvière and is the low extremity of the hill of Gourguillon. The square is in the center of the zone classified as World Heritage Site by UNESCO. History The street was first named "Le treyve du Gourguillon". In 1658, archbishop Camille de Neuville did come to Lyon the Regular Canons of St. Augustine. They were installed on the square in 1664 in a house successively owned by the Bellièvres, the De Langes and the De Sèves. As they belonged to the Order of the Holy Trinity, the place was renamed Place de la Trinité. On 10 January 1794, it was renamed Place du Triangle before reverting to its former name after the French Revolution. On the square, at the corner with the montée du Gourguillon, there is the sun house, which was b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Place De La Trinité
The Place de la Trinité is a square located in the 5th arrondissement of Lyon. The square, fully paved and surrounded by old buildings like the sun house (18th century), is more a crossing of small streets than a real square. It is on the hillside of Fourvière and is the low extremity of the hill of Gourguillon. The square is in the center of the zone classified as World Heritage Site by UNESCO. History The street was first named "Le treyve du Gourguillon". In 1658, archbishop Camille de Neuville did come to Lyon the Regular Canons of St. Augustine. They were installed on the square in 1664 in a house successively owned by the Bellièvres, the De Langes and the De Sèves. As they belonged to the Order of the Holy Trinity, the place was renamed Place de la Trinité. On 10 January 1794, it was renamed Place du Triangle before reverting to its former name after the French Revolution. On the square, at the corner with the montée du Gourguillon, there is the sun house, which was b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
