Lyon Presqu'Ile, Immeubles ouest place Bellecour

On your left, you can see the monumental facades of west Bellecour. Destroyed in 1793, the east and west facades designed by Robert de Cotte had to be re-erected. The goal was to restore the setting of the equestrian statue of Louis XIV which had just been reinstalled. Thus, the reconstruction of the facades was done in a spirit of restoration of the eighteenth century. The two monumental facades cover ten buildings juxtaposed to form one unit, 150 meters long with five backyards. The architects, the brothers Hotelard, specialists of Neoclassicism, were responsible for the project.