The Rue des Capucins is a street located in the 1st arrondissement of Lyon

1st arrondissement of Lyon

The 1st arrondissement of Lyon, France is one of the nine arrondissements of the City of Lyon. It is located below the hill of Croix-Rousse and on the north part of the Presqu'île formed by the Saône and the Rhône, the two rivers in Lyon...

, between the slopes of La Croix-Rousse

La Croix-Rousse

This zone is served by the metro line La Croix-Rousse is a hill in the town of Lyon, France, as well as the name of a quarter located on this hill . It is 254m at its peak...

 and the Place des Terreaux

Place des Terreaux

The Place des Terreaux is a square located in the centre of Lyon, France on the Presqu'île between the Rhône and the Saône, at the foot of the hill of La Croix-Rousse in the 1st arrondissement of Lyon...

. Straight but slightly inclined, it continues the rue du Sergent Blandan

Rue du Sergent Blandan

The Rue du Sergent Blandan is one of the oldest streets of Lyon. It connects Saint Vincent and the slopes of the Croix-Rousse quarters, in the 1st arrondissement of Lyon. The street starts rue Pareille, runs along the Place Sathonay, crosses the rue Hippolyte Flandrin, the rue Louis Vitet and the...

, begins with the Place des Capucins and ends on the Place Croix-Paquet

Place Croix-Paquet

The Place Croix-Paquet is a square located in the 1st arrondissement of Lyon, in the pentes de la Croix-Rousse quarter. It is formed by the intersection of the rue du Griffon, the rue des Capucins and the montée Saint-Sébastien...

. It is parallel to the rue René Laynaud. The street belongs to the zone classified World Heritage Site

World Heritage Site

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 by UNESCO.

History

In its eastern part, the street replaces the old rue Vannerot established in seventeenth century, dedicated to Jean Vannerot and which changed of name in 1850. The western part of the rue des Capucines was opened in the mid-nineteenth century on the former site of the garden owned by monks, and a small square called Place des Capucins was open in the eighteen century.

The monastery of the Capuchin order, named Capucins du Petit Forez, was built in 1622 at the current location of the No. 6 and their church, the chapel of Saint-André, was located at the foot of the montée de la Grande Côte

Montée de la Grande Côte

The Montée de la Grande Côte, or the Montée de la Grande-Côte, is a street of La Croix-Rousse quarter, located in the 1st arrondissement of Lyon, connecting the Terreaux quarter and the Plateau de la Croix Rousse. It is characterized by a high elevation and is more narrow at the bottom...

. Their home was purchased and rebuilt by a banker, André Coste. Anne of Austria

Anne of Austria

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 attended the start of construction of the building which was dedicated on 25 April 1635 by Jean de Nuchèse. Finally, the Capuchins were expelled from the street during the French Revolution

French Revolution

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. In 1810, the street was named Grande rue neuve des Capucins.

Architecture and associations

The architecture is quite simple, without frills. There is a row of old four to five-storey houses with sober facades and beautiful doors and sometimes arches. There are in this street the municipal police station, several shops and boutiques, an association for gays, the café-théâtre

Café-théâtre

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 Le Complexe du Rire and a Church of Scientology

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 in the square.

Traboules

The streets has many traboule

Traboule

Traboules are a type of passageway primarily associated with the city of Lyon, France, but also located in the French cities of Villefranche-sur-Saône, Mâcon, Saint-Étienne, along with a few in Chambéry)...

s:

• No. 3 and 5 - 6 rue Leynaud: traboules and courtyards
• No. 6 - Place des Capuchins: traboule which leads to a beautiful garden (that of the Capuchin monks)
• No. 7: ruind of small huts
• No. 15 - rue Leynaud: staircase in the upper courtyard
• No. 19 - 3 rue Abbé Rozier: in the courtyard, two climbs of stairs are in front of each other, built in the same style as those of the Cour des Voraces
  Cour des Voraces
  The Cour des Voraces, also called Maison de la République, is a building court in the Pentes quarter, in the 1st arrondissement of Lyon, and famous for its enormous six-floor stairway of facade...
  
  
• No. 22 - 5 rue Coustou: beautiful entrance with columns