Place Antonin-Poncet

To the south, it is bordered by the post hotel with an architecture composed of long horizontal lines, which replaced in 1938 the Hôpital de la Charité, was designed under the supervision of architect Michel Roux Spitz between 1935 and 1938,[2] in an almost identical style to the classical 18th century facades of the north of the square.

The building is adorned with a 250-m2 wall painting by Louis Bouquet which evokes the "worldwide influence of Lyon through the exchange and waves".

The western part of the square, elevated (50 cm) in 1980, is bordered with rows of lime trees to the north and south and is the location of many events.

[1] In 1816, a triumphal arch was erected on the square, Princess Caroline of Naples and Sicily went down it and listened to a welcome speech by the Lyon mayor.

[3] The square is named after the doctor Antonin Poncet (1849, Lyon - 1913),[6] who did not work at the Hôpital de la Charité, but at the Hôtel-Dieu.

[8] On the square, a monument composed of two steel plates of two meters high is a tribute to victims of Armenian genocide,[4] and was inaugurated on 24 April 2006.

The organization carries out its mission in a helpful and friendly manner in order to protect, maintain, and keep the plaza attractive.