Lyon. At Croix-Rousse, the Grande Côte and the Grande Rue formed a single axis with very different universes.

At the time when the Croix-Rousse hill was nothing but fields, vineyards, and countryside, the main axis of the Grande Côte and the Grande Rue already existed. The Grande Côte was then called the Côte Saint-Sébastien and included the Rue des Pierres Plantées, which only appeared much later. The wall separated the slopes of the suburb, but the Porte Saint-Sébastien joined the two streets.

For the people of Lyon, this was the main route to Dombes, Bresse and all the towns north of the Saône. Until the middle of the 18th century, the ramparts prevented access to the banks of the Saône; the only way was via the hill.

This long road, nearly 1,500 meters long, was not lined with dwellings until the ^16th century. Before the first half of the century, for the slopes,...

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