France Terreaux square

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Frédéric Monin

Bartholdi Fountain and City Hall of Lyon on the square of Terreaux. The commonly accepted origin is that the name "Terreaux" comes from the Latin "Terralia" meaning ditch and that a ditch was found here until the sixteenth century. Another origin speaks of the land used to dig these ditches and it is this hillock that would have remained in the memories

Bartholdi Fountain and City Hall of Lyon on the square of Terreaux. The commonly accepted origin is that the name "Terreaux" comes from the Latin "Terralia" meaning ditch and that a ditch was found here until the sixteenth century. Another origin speaks of the land used to dig these ditches and it is this hillock that would have remained in the memories

Frédéric Monin

17mm5sf/11ISO 100
City Hall of Lyon on the square of Terreaux with at the left the Bartholdi Fountain. The commonly accepted origin is that the name "Terreaux" comes from the Latin "Terralia" meaning ditch and that a ditch was found here until the sixteenth century. Another origin speaks of the land used to dig these ditches and it is this hillock that would have remained in the memories

City Hall of Lyon on the square of Terreaux with at the left the Bartholdi Fountain. The commonly accepted origin is that the name "Terreaux" comes from the Latin "Terralia" meaning ditch and that a ditch was found here until the sixteenth century. Another origin speaks of the land used to dig these ditches and it is this hillock that would have remained in the memories

Frédéric Monin

18mm10sf/11ISO 200
Photo in B/W of the City Hall of Lyon on the square of Terreaux with at the left the Bartholdi Fountain. The commonly accepted origin is that the name "Terreaux" comes from the Latin "Terralia" meaning ditch and that a ditch was found here until the sixteenth century. Another origin speaks of the land used to dig these ditches and it is this hillock that would have remained in the memories

Photo in B/W of the City Hall of Lyon on the square of Terreaux with at the left the Bartholdi Fountain. The commonly accepted origin is that the name "Terreaux" comes from the Latin "Terralia" meaning ditch and that a ditch was found here until the sixteenth century. Another origin speaks of the land used to dig these ditches and it is this hillock that would have remained in the memories

Frédéric Monin

18mm1/200sf/6ISO 100
About this spot
The square ofTerreaux is a place located in the 1st arrondissement of Lyon, on the peninsula between the Rhone and Saone, at the foot of the Croix-Rousse hill. It’s on the Rhone side of this square that the city hall of Lyon is located.
Similarly, in the center of the square, opposite the town hall, the ediles inaugurate September 22, 1892 an allegorical fountain of the Garonne made by Bartholdi. Commissioned initially by the Bordeaux City Council in 1857, the carved group called "Char triomphal de la Garonne" represented the Garonne and its four tributaries flowing into the ocean, the whole being symbolized by a woman leading a quadriga. Following the Exposition Universelle of 1889, the monument, which had become too expensive for Bordeaux, was bought in 1890 by the mayor of Lyon, Antoine Gailleton.
This fountain has become the same type as the Basilica of Fourvière or Hotel Dieu, a symbol of the city of Lyon. It was renovated between 2016 and 2018 and returned to water in March 2018.

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http://www.patrimoine-lyon.org/la-presqu-ile/terreaux-cordeliers-2/place-des-terreaux

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