Rue de Vendôme

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Rue de Vendôme

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The street, near the Cours Gambetta, in the 3rd arrondissement
Type Street
Location 3rd and 6th arrondissements of Lyon, Lyon, France
Postal code 69003, 69006
Coordinates 45°45′53″N4°50′45″E / 45.764814°N 4.845891°E / 45.764814; 4.845891

The Rue de Vendôme is a very long street located in Lyon. It begins with the Avenue de Grande Bretagne, along the Rhône, in the 6th arrondissement, and ends with the Cours Gambetta, in the 3rd arrondissement, after crossing the Place Guichard.

Lyon Prefecture and commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Lyon is the third-largest city and second-largest urban area of France. It is located in the country's east-central part at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, about 470 km (292 mi) south from Paris, 320 km (199 mi) north from Marseille and 56 km (35 mi) northeast from Saint-Étienne. Inhabitants of the city are called Lyonnais.

6th arrondissement of Lyon French municipal arrondissement in Rhône-Alpes, France

The 6th arrondissement of Lyon is one of the nine arrondissements of the City of Lyon and one of the poshest. This zone is served by the metro lines  A ,  B  and Tramway T3

3rd arrondissement of Lyon French municipal arrondissement in Rhône-Alpes, France

The 3rd arrondissement of Lyon is one of the nine arrondissements of the City of Lyon.

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History

The street was opened in 1835. [1] Until 1855, the first part of the street, at north of the Cours Franklin Roosevelt (then named Cours Morand), was called rue de Grammond, as tribute to Luc Urbain de Bouexic, comte de Guichen. [2] It was then named rue des Martyrs because people were slaughtered in the street in 1793. [3] In 1939, part of the street became the rue Jean-Marie Chavant. [1]

The northern part of the street was created by the Lyon architect Jean-Antoine Morand in late 18th century, almost completed in 1848, [2] then extended to the south by the prefect Claude-Marius Vaïsse in 1857. Several houses in the street were built by architects Journoud, Lablatinière, Prosper Bissuel and Felix Bellemain. In 1881, the workshops of the great organ builder Merklin and Co. were installed at number 11. Draftsman Pierre-Marie Mortamais lived in the street in 1895. [4]

Claude-Marius Vaïsse French politician

Claude-Marius Vaïsse was a French lawyer who joined the administration of the July Monarchy. During the French Second Republic he was briefly Minister of the Interior. Under the Second French Empire he was appointed prefect of the Rhône department. He was called the "Hausmann of Lyon" for his work on urban design in Lyon.

Architecture and associations

There are a Seventh-day Adventist Church, the consulates of Sweden, Malta and Italy, mainly food and furnitures stores, schools, restaurants, a genealogical library, a center of Alcoholics Anonymous and many doctors' offices, among other things.

Seventh-day Adventist Church Christian Protestant church founded in 1863

The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a Protestant Christian denomination distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the seventh day of the week in Christian and Jewish calendars, as the Sabbath, and by its emphasis on the imminent Second Coming (advent) of Jesus Christ. The denomination grew out of the Millerite movement in the United States during the mid-19th century and was formally established in 1863. Among its founders was Ellen G. White, whose extensive writings are still held in high regard by the church.

Alcoholics Anonymous mutual aid movement

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is an international mutual aid fellowship with the stated purpose of enabling “its members to stay sober and help other alcoholics achieve sobriety." It was founded in 1935 by Bill Wilson and Bob Smith in Akron, Ohio. With other early members, Wilson and Smith developed AA's Twelve Step program of spiritual and character development. AA's initial Twelve Traditions were introduced in 1946 to help the fellowship be stable and unified while disengaged from "outside issues" and influences.

The street starts with all aligned houses, then narrows to Place Puvis and is then composed of three one-floor houses and several middle-class buildings of the late 19th century. After the Church of Redemption, there are several five-floor buildings of the 19th century, highly decorated with wrought iron balconies. Then, after the rue de Sèze, the street becomes very wide with a double row of trees and sculpted buildings. Then, the architecture is simple and varied with homes of all ages. A house is wholly covered with pink tiles. An iron lyre can be seen on the balcony of No. 280. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 Vanario, Maurice (2002). Rues de Lyon à travers les siècles (in French). Lyon: ELAH. p. 305. ISBN   2-84147-126-8.
  2. 1 2 Pelletier, Jean (1986). Lyon pas à pas — son histoire à travers ses rues — Presqu'île, rive gauche du Rhône, quais et ponts du Rhône (in French). Roanne / Le Coteau: Horvath. p. 104. ISBN   2-7171-0453-4.
  3. ↑ Brun De La Valette, Robert (1969). Lyon et ses rues (in French). Paris: Le Fleuve. p. 257.
  4. ↑ Meynard, Louis (1932). Dictionnaire des lyonnaiseries — Les hommes. Le sol. Les rues. Histoires et légendes (in French). 4 (1982 ed.). Lyon: Jean Honoré. p. 152.
  5. ↑ "Rue de Vendôme" (in French). Rues de Lyon. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
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