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Monplaisir (Lyon)
Monplaisir is a historical district (quarter) of Lyon, France, now situated in the 8th arrondissement of Lyon. It is centered on the Ambroise Courtois Square Place Ambroise-Courtois is a square in the neighborhood of Monplaisir in the 8th arrondissement of Lyon. It was named after , a city councillor, on 30 October 1944, months after Courtois was assassinated by the Milice française. It had been pre ..., formerly the Monplaisir Square. In the southeast of the 8th arrondissement there is the Monplaisir-la-Plaine quarter, or simply La-Plaine. In the second half of the 19th Century and at the beginning of the 20th Century this place was known for rose breeding with nurseries owned by rose growers such as Joseph Bonnaire or Jean-Baptiste André Guillot.Nathalie Ferrand, ''Créateurs de roses à la conquête des marchés (1820-1939)'', Presses universitaires de Grenoble, coll. « La Pierre & L'Écrit », 2015 References External links Website for the 8th Arrondissement's Offi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyon - La Tournelle à Monplaisir
Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, northeast of Saint-Étienne. The City of Lyon proper had a population of 522,969 in 2019 within its small municipal territory of , but together with its suburbs and exurbs the Lyon metropolitan area had a population of 2,280,845 that same year, the second most populated in France. Lyon and 58 suburban municipalities have formed since 2015 the Metropolis of Lyon, a directly elected metropolitan authority now in charge of most urban issues, with a population of 1,411,571 in 2019. Lyon is the prefecture of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region and seat of the Departmental Council of Rhône (whose jurisdiction, however, no longer extends over the Metropolis of Lyon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyon
Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, northeast of Saint-Étienne. The City of Lyon proper had a population of 522,969 in 2019 within its small municipal territory of , but together with its suburbs and exurbs the Lyon metropolitan area had a population of 2,280,845 that same year, the second most populated in France. Lyon and 58 suburban municipalities have formed since 2015 the Lyon Metropolis, Metropolis of Lyon, a directly elected metropolitan authority now in charge of most urban issues, with a population of 1,411,571 in 2019. Lyon is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region and seat of the Departmental council (France), Departmental Coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
8th Arrondissement Of Lyon
The 8th arrondissement of Lyon is one of the 9 arrondissements of Lyon. Geography Quarters * Le Bachut * Monplaisir Ville * Monplaisir La Plaine, usually known as La Plaine * Mermoz Nord * Mermoz Sud * Les États-Unis * Le Transvaal * Laënnec * Le Grand Trou Streets * Avenue Berthelot * Boulevard des États-Unis * Avenue Jean Mermoz * Place Ambroise-Courtois * Place du 7 novembre * Place Général André * Avenue Paul Santy Monuments * Musée urbain Tony-Garnier * Maison de la danse * Médiathèque du Bachut Demography Transports The 8th arrondissement is the beginning of the A43 motorway (to Grenoble and Chambéry Chambéry (, , ; Arpitan: ''Chambèri'') is the prefecture of the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of eastern France. The population of the commune of Chambéry was 58,917 as of 2019, while the population of the Chamb ...). References External links Official website {{BouchesRhône-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambroise Courtois Square
Place Ambroise-Courtois is a square in the neighborhood of Monplaisir in the 8th arrondissement of Lyon. It was named after , a city councillor, on 30 October 1944, months after Courtois was assassinated by the Milice française. It had been previously named Place de Monplaisir. The square is bordered by to the south and 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. Plaque place Ambroise-Courtois.jpg, The street sign for the square Marché du soir - place Courtois - Lyon.jpg, Night market at Place Ambroise-Courtois See also * List of streets and squares in Lyon This article lists the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Bonnaire
Joseph Bonnnaire (Saint-Chef, 9 August 1842 – 4 August 1910, Lyons) was a French rose breeder who is recognized for his work in Lyons, France, in the development of Hybrid tea roses and Tea roses. He opened his own nursery in 1878 in Monplaisir, at this time a suburb of Lyons. He especially creates varieties with pastel and refined tones. His rose 'Madame Joseph Bonnaire' (1891), dedicated to his wife, is still present in contemporary international catalogs. Among the forty of his creations, we can distinguish: *'Souvenir de Victor Hugo' (1884) *'Dr. Grill' (1884) *'Madame Ernest Piard' (1887) *'Mademoiselle Jeanne Guillaumez' (1889) *'Souvenir d'Auguste Legros' (1889) *'Elisa Fugier' (1890) *'Madame Joseph Bonnaire Madame may refer to: * Madam, civility title or form of address for women, derived from the French * Madam (prostitution), a term for a woman who is engaged in the business of procuring prostitutes, usually the manager of a brothel * ''Madame'' ( ...' (1891) *Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Baptiste André Guillot
Jean-Baptiste André Guillot (9 December 1827 – 6 September 1893) was a nurseryman and rose hybridizer in Lyon, France, son of nurseryman and rose hybridizer Jean-Baptiste Guillot (10 December 1803 – 18 April 1882). Jean-Baptiste the son is known as Guillot Fils, and Jean-Baptiste the elder as Guillot Père. Guillot Fils is best known as the creator of the rose 'La France', considered to be the first hybrid tea rose, introduced in 1867. Biography Jean-Baptiste Guillot (Père) opened a rose nursery in the La Guillotière area of Lyon in 1829, and Jean-Baptiste André (Fils) grew up working in the nursery from the age of 14. Guillot Père was the first nurseryman in Lyon to concentrate on the propagation of roses, produced new hybrids himself, and propagated and introduced new hybrids created by others, primarily Hybrid Perpetuals and Teas. Guillot Fils, while working for his father, pioneered the propagation of rose rootstocks from seed rather than cuttings. The roses used ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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