Place Ambroise-Courtois

Place Ambroise-Courtois. The monument to the Lumière brothers can be seen on the far right.

Place Ambroise-Courtois is a square in the neighborhood of Monplaisir in the 8th arrondissement of Lyon. It was named after Ambroise Courtois [FR], a city councillor, on 30 October 1944, months after Courtois was assassinated by the Milice française.[1][2] It had been previously named Place de Monplaisir.[3] The square is bordered by Avenue des Frères-Lumière [FR] to the south and Cours Albert-Thomas [FR] to the north.

Buildings and monuments

  • At the north end of the square is a monument to Auguste and Louis Lumière, who were the inventors of the cinematograph and lived in a villa adjacent to the square.
  • The Institut Lumière, located at the west end of the square, is the former home of the Lumière brothers.
  • There is a bust of Ambroise Courtois at the south end of the square.
  • There is a bandstand in the middle of the square.
  • The street sign for the square
    The street sign for the square
  • Night market at Place Ambroise-Courtois
    Night market at Place Ambroise-Courtois

See also

References

  1. ^ "Evenements". Archives Municipales de Lyon (in French). Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  2. ^ "Archives municipales – Index des noms de rues, places et ponts cités" (PDF). Archives Municipales de Lyon (in French). p. 2. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  3. ^ Charras, Maurice (2 May 2012). "Guerres". Lyon.Monplaisir (in French). Retrieved 9 February 2017.
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