Église Saint-Denis-de-la-Croix-Rousse de Lyon

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Saint-Denis-de-la-Croix-Rousse de Lyon is a church located in the Rue Hénon, in the Croix-Rousse district of Lyon, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.

Saint-Denis de la Croix-Rousse, history of a church and a parish: The history of the church as narrated in Saint-Denis de la Croix-Rousse, history of a church and a parish by Max Bobichon:

" If we take up a plan of 1550 we can see very well this red cross at the intersection of the Montée de la Boucle and the Grande Rue, cross which gives its name to a district located outside the walls of Lyon. To arrive in Lyon, travellers from Germany, Alsace and the Domb, took this Grand Rue and they had to wait until the walls opened in the morning to enter the city. Along this street there were shops and hotels that allowed travellers to eat and rest, they and their mounts. Thus, throughout this artery that guides travellers to Lyon, it is some 60 homes, representing 370 inhabitants, and 113 country houses of Lyonnais that exist in 1694. In 1623, the religious of the Augustine Order...