The Place des Terreaux is a square located in the centre of Lyon, France, on the Presqu'île between the Rhône and the Saône rivers, at the foot of the hill of La Croix-Rousse in the 1st arrondissement. It borders both the Hôtel de Ville and Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon. The square belongs to the zone classified as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
The Place des Terreaux with the Hôtel de Ville and Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon after the redevelopment of the square in the 1990s by Daniel Buren and Christian Drevet
Extract of scenographic plan of Lyon in 1548
The siege of Lyon (1793).
Plan of expansion of the Presqu'île streets leading to the square (1853).
The Presqu'île is the central part of the City of Lyon, France. Extending from the foot of the Croix-Rousse hill in the north to the confluence of the Rhône and the Saône rivers in the south, it has a preponderance of cafés, restaurants, luxury shops, department stores, banks, government buildings and cultural institutions.
Lyon's Presqu'île between the Saône and Rhône rivers seen from the southwest in 2011
Plan of works and buildings on the Presqu'île, 1863
Place Bellecour with the Basilica of Notre-Dame in Fourvière c. 1910
Place Bellecour and its equestrian statue of Louis XIV
