Église Saint-Pierre de Vaise

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The church Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens de Vaise is a Catholic church located in the 9th arrondissement of Lyon, France. He is part of the parish of Saint-Gabriel.

Situation: The church is located in the district of Vaise, at the crossroads of Rue Saint-Pierre de Vaise and Boulevard Antoine-de-Saint-Exupéry. It is 90 m away from the Saône, 150 m downstream of the Clemenceau bridge (bridge extending the Croix-Rousse tunnel).

The church is located at the location of a first place of worship dedicated to Saint Baudille, mentioned from 878. The first church named "Saint-Pierre de Vaise" was built in 1050. A new construction was undertaken from 1843 to 1846 by architect Tony Desjardins, a diocesan architect who was responsible for the restoration of the town hall from 1854 to 1863, the construction of the major seminary, Saint-Bernard, etc. The chosen style is neo-Roman. The front of the facade and the outside statuary are the work of sculptor Guillaume Bonnet. The tympanum depicts Christ in a mandorle surrounded by the Tetramorph. In general, great care was given to the composition of the facade, but...