# Place Carnot

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The **Place Carnot** is a square located in the [Perrache](/source/Perrache_(quarter)) quarter, in the [2nd arrondissement of Lyon](/source/2nd_arrondissement_of_Lyon).

## Location

The Place Carnot is at the end of the [Presqu'île](/source/Presqu'ile_(Lyon)), near the [Perrache railway station](/source/Lyon-Perrache_station). Bordered by the Rue de Condé, it can be accessed by the [Rue Victor-Hugo](/source/Rue_Victor-Hugo,_Lyon), through the Rue Henri IV and Rue Auguste Comte. To the south, it follows the Cours de Verdun and the [Perrache Multimodal Hub](/source/Perrache_Multimodal_Hub), a major public transit hub linked to the [railway station](/source/Lyon-Perrache_station). [Traboules](/source/Traboule) lead to the Cours Charlemagne, either from the lobby of the Perrache railway station, or through underneath.

Traffic travels on the left to the north and in the opposite direction clockwise from the Cours Verdun Récamier to the Cours Verdun Gensoul, i.e. from the [Rhône](/source/Rh%C3%B4ne) to the [Saône](/source/Sa%C3%B4ne).[1]

## History

During the [First Empire](/source/First_French_Empire), the square was named Place des Victoires. The name was changed to Place Louis XVI under [Charles X](/source/Charles_X_of_France), then Place Louis XVIII (1821–48), Place de la Liberté (1848), Place de la République (1848–49), Place Napoléon (1849–71) and Place Perrache (1871–89). The name Place Carnot was officially assigned by the [Municipal Council](/source/Municipal_Council#France) on 18 February 1889, in honor of [Lazare Carnot](/source/Lazare_Carnot), a Hero of the [Revolution](/source/French_Revolution).[2]

The statue in the square (Allegory of the Republic) was inaugurated in the same year by Carnot's grandson, French President [Sadi Carnot](/source/Marie_Fran%C3%A7ois_Sadi_Carnot), who was assassinated five years later (on 24 June 1894) by an Italian anarchist during his second trip to Lyon.[3]

## Description

The square has an area of 11,000 square meters, and consists mainly of [plane trees](/source/Plane_tree), with [cypresses](/source/Cypress) and [holly oaks](/source/Holly_oak) on the Southern side.[4]

Nineteenth-century buildings of five or six floors, decorated and well maintained, line the north and east sides of the square. The [Catholic University of Lyon](/source/Catholic_University_of_Lyon) is on the west side.[1]

There is a playground for children, a [carousel](/source/Carousel) and a small sports ground. The square also hosts 140 [cabins](/source/Log_cabin) during the Christmas market. There is a farmers' market on Wednesdays from 16:00 to 19:30 on the north side of the square.

## See also

- [List of streets and squares in Lyon](/source/List_of_streets_and_squares_in_Lyon)

## References

1. ["Place Carnot"](https://web.archive.org/web/20070330144918/http://ruesdelyon.wysiup.net/PageRubrique.php?ID=1002703&rubID=1002743) (in French). Rues de Lyon. Archived from [the original](http://ruesdelyon.wysiup.net/PageRubrique.php?ID=1002703&rubID=1002743) on 30 March 2007. Retrieved 27 May 2009.

1. Vanario, Maurice (2002). *Rues de Lyon à travers les siècles* (in French). Lyon: ELAH. p. 59. ISBN 2-84147-126-8.

1. ["Lyon, des rues et des légendes"](http://lesruesdelyon.hautetfort.com/tag/place%20carnot) (in French). Retrieved 27 May 2012.

1. Eberhard, Pierrick (2010). *Lyon et ses parcs et jardins — Grand Lyon, Département du Rhône* (in French). Lyon: Éditions Lyonnaises d'Art et d'Histoire. p. 29. ISBN 2-84147-218-3.

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