Lyon. Opening of Rue de la République: a dive into the bourgeois origins of Lyon in the 19th century

The Rue Impériale, from its opening to the completion of the buildings, was completed in seven years, from the beginning of 1853 to the end of 1859. An emblematic street of Lyon, it took the name Rue de Lyon in 1871, then Rue de la République in 1878.

The project to open this street was to enhance the traditional center of the city of Lyon and make it a large commercial and banking city.

The aim was to open direct routes running from north to south between the important squares, those of Bellecour, des Jacobins and des Terreaux, by improving the connection between public and religious buildings (the Grand-théâtre, the Hôtel de Ville, the Palais des Arts, the churches of Saint-Bonaventure and Saint-Nizier, the Hôtel-Dieu, etc.).

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