Lyon Fourvière, Lycée Saint-Just

You are on the east side, facing the Lycée Saint-Just. The building has had several occupants. Originally a Ursuline convent, founded in 1633, the architect T. Desjardins built the Saint-Irénée grand seminary in 1855. It then became the dormitories for the boarding girls of the still existing Edouard Herriot secondary school and, in 1928, the Saint-Just school settled here. Under the esplanade of the school is a large Gallo-Roman cistern, the 'Berelle Cave'.