Rue des Capucins
{{Short description|Street in the 1st arrondissement of Lyon, France}}
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The Rue des Capucins ({{IPA|fr|ʁy de kapysɛ̃}}) is a street located in the 1st arrondissement of Lyon, between the slopes of La Croix-Rousse and the Place des Terreaux. Straight but slightly inclined, it continues the Rue du Sergent Blandan, begins with the Place des Capucins and ends on the Place Croix-Paquet.{{cite book |title=Rues de Lyon à travers les siècles |first=Maurice |last=Vanario |publisher=ELAH |place=Lyon |year=2002 |language=French |isbn=2-84147-126-8 |page=58}} It is parallel to the Rue René Laynaud. The street belongs to the zone classified World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
History
In its eastern part, the street replaces the old Rue Vannerot established in the 17th century, dedicated to Jean Vannerot{{cite book |title=Lyon et ses rues |last=Brun De La Valette |first=Robert |publisher=Le Fleuve |place=Paris |year=1969 |language=French |page=121}} and which changed of name in 1850. The western part of the Rue des Capucines was opened in the mid-19th century on the former site of the garden owned by monks, and a small square called the Place des Capucins was open in the 18th century.{{cite book |title=Lyon pas à pas — son histoire à travers ses rues — Rive droite de la Saône, Croix-Rousse, quais et ponts de la Saône |last=Pelletier |first=Jean |publisher=Horvath |place=Roanne / Le Coteau |year=1985 |language=French |isbn=2-7171-0377-5 |page=153}}
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. Their home was purchased and rebuilt by a banker, André Coste.{{cite book |title=À travers les rues de Lyon |first=Adolphe |last=Vachet |year=1902 |edition=1982, Marseille |place=Lyon |publisher=Laffitte reprints |language=French |isbn=2-7348-0062-4 |pages=99–100}} Anne of Austria 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.{{cite book |title=Dictionnaire des lyonnaiseries — Les hommes. Le sol. Les rues. Histoires et légendes |last=Meynard |first=Louis |volume=2 |year=1932 |place=Lyon |edition=1982 |publisher=Jean Honoré |language=French |pages=333–35}} In 1810, the street was named Grande Rue Neuve des Capucins.
Architecture and associations
File:Le Complexe du Rire.JPG Le Complexe du Rire, at No. 7]]
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 Le Complexe du Rire and a Church of Scientology in the square.{{cite web |title=Rue des Capucins |url=http://ruesdelyon.wysiup.net/PageRubrique.php?ID=1003292&rubID=1003375 |publisher=Rues de Lyon |language=French |accessdate=23 January 2010}}
Traboules
The streets has many traboules:{{cite book |title=Traboules de Lyon — Histoire secrète d'une ville |last=Dejean |first=René |publisher=Le Progrès |year=1988 |language=French |isbn=2-904899-01-4}}{{cite web |title=Visiter les traboules |url=http://www.lyon.fr/vdl/sections/fr/urbanisme/cours_traboules_lyon/a_visiter |publisher=Lyon |language=French |accessdate=23 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091004093939/http://www.lyon.fr/vdl/sections/fr/urbanisme/cours_traboules_lyon/a_visiter |archivedate=4 October 2009 }}
- 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: ruins 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
- No. 22 - 5 rue Coustou: beautiful entrance with columns
{{commons category|Rue des Capucins (Lyon)}}
References
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