The Bartholdi Fountain, a monumental bronze sculpture of a chariot pulled by four wild horses, acts as the center of the Place des Terreaux. The square is framed by the seventeenth-century City Hall to the east and the Museum of Fine Arts…
Croix-Rousse Silk Weavers
Climb the slopes of Lyon's working-class hill to trace the footsteps of the rebellious silk weavers who shaped the city's identity. You will walk through historic traboules, workshop streets, and monumental murals that keep their proud labor history alive.
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1. Place des Terreaux
2. Église Saint-Polycarpe
The Église Saint-Polycarpe is recognizable by its monumental classical facade, which features four tall Corinthian pilasters supporting a triangular pediment. Built by the Oratorian order on the slopes of the Croix-Rousse hill, the…
3. Passage Thiaffait
The Passage Thiaffait is a curved traboule, a distinct type of covered passageway found in Lyon, that links Rue René Leynaud to Rue Burdeau. You can identify this space by the monumental portico at its entrance on Rue René Leynaud and the…
4. Montée de la Grande Côte
The Montée de la Grande Côte is a steep, four-hundred-meter pedestrian path that climbs the Croix-Rousse hill. You can identify it by the intense incline that links the Place des Capucins near the city center to the plateau above, lined…
5. Place Colbert
Place Colbert is a public square defined by its sloped terrain, stone steps, and shade from large plane trees. It sits on the slopes of the Croix-Rousse district in the first arrondissement of Lyon. The square was created in the former…
6. Traboule et Cour des Voraces
The Cour des Voraces is defined by a massive six-story staircase that climbs the side of its inner courtyard. Built around eighteen-forty on the slopes of the Croix-Rousse, this structure serves as a traboule, one of the city’s many…
7. La Maison des Canuts
La Maison des Canuts occupies a building that once served as the headquarters for the Weavers and Weavers' Union in the nineteenth century. This site on the Croix-Rousse hill preserves the history of the Lyonnais silk workers, known as…
8. Mur des Canuts
The Mur des Canuts is a twelve-hundred square meter trompe-l’oeil mural that covers the side of an otherwise blank building at the intersection of Boulevard des Canuts and Rue-Denfert-Rochereau. It is a hyper-realistic depiction of the…