Place des Jacobins
According to Jean Pelletier, this square is one of the most famous in Lyon, because of its location in the center of the 2nd arrondissement and its heavy traffic, as 12 streets lead here.
In 1740, the square was called Place Confort which then absorbed the Rue des Alards in 1556,[2] named after a rich family who owned buildings in the neighborhood.
These Dominicans were called Jacobins when Philippe Auguste gave them a building in Paris and the brothers went on pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela (Jacobus in Latin).
[4] The square was created in 1556[2] after a request by King Henri II who wanted to replace the monks cemetery, located at the north of the Jacobins church, with a market.
Here Humbert II, the last Dauphin of Vienne (1348), made an assignment of his States to Charles, eldest son of the Duke of Normandy.
[8] The Jacobins church was built over a period from 1657 to 1689[9] and, in the same time, a big portal added by architect Antoine Lepautre allowed the building to reach great notoriety, and famous people attended the offices, including Louis XII in 1501.
[8] Notable events that occurred on the square include executions of political opponents on 15 March 1590, a big firework to celebrate the peace in 1713,[9] and shows by a temporary theater built by Falconnet and Farge[10] in 1834, quickly destroyed by a fire.
[16] After an urgent request by all residents of the quarter, based on the fact that this monument "[was] one of the oldest in th[e] city",[17] this antiquated pyramid was rebuilt in 1739 by the consulate that also did add an inscription celebrating Louis XV.
About one century later, the well was no longer sufficient for all the inhabitants of the neighborhood, especially in case of fire, and thus Antoine-Michel Perrache was entrusted to erect a new pump in 1759-60.
[2][15] A fountain was erected in 1856 by Louis Danton, a wealthy upholsterer, who bequeathed his fortune for a work designed by Lienard and melted by Barbezat.
4 of the Place des Jacobins is the painter Paul Borel's house, conducted by architect Pierre Bossan in 1863.
