Over the water, over the centuries

  • Coup de cœur

  • Circuit / Randonnée

  • Thème : Patrimoine architectural

  • Gratuit

  • Sur place

  • Tout public

  • Réservation obligatoire

  • Édifice industriel, scientifique et technique

  • Edifice d’artisanat, du commerce et du tertiaire

  • Date

  • Le Grenier d'Abondance (DRAC Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes-CNSMD)

    6, quai St-Vincent 69001 Lyon, Métropole de Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

©Charly Fricaud

Sunday 22 September 2025 from 10am to 11h30, the CAUE Rhône Métropole, the Subs and the Regional Directorate of Cultural Affairs Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes offer you a fun family urban walk to discover the stories that hide their buildings and the ways in which they have been converted into cultural places.
Go on a family adventure and immerse yourself in the history of the Grenier d'Abondance, the Pavillon de la Compagnie des Chevaliers de l'Arquebuse and the Subsistances militaires de Lyon, three heritage buildings emblematic of the Pierre Scize parade, reconverted into cultural places.
Beyond its architectural dimension, this playful route integrates an urban and landscape reading that allows us to understand the specificities of a neighborhood once at the gates of the city, and how its strategic geographical location has conditioned its history.
A playbook specially designed for children aged 7 to 12 will enrich this ride, accompanying them throughout their exploration!
Departure: Les Subsistances, 8 bis Quai Saint-Vincent, Lyon 1er (meeting in the courtyard)
Arrival: DRAC ARA, 6 Quai Saint-Vincent, Lyon 1er
Mandatory reservations: m.ramondenc@caue69.fr

E-mail

m.ramondenc@caue69.fr

Le Grenier d'Abondance (DRAC Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes-CNSMD)

  • Localisation

    6, quai St-Vincent 69001 Lyon, Métropole de Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

  • À propos

    The XVIIIth century Located in the northwest of Lyons, on the Left Bank of the Saône, the Attic of abundance was built between 1722 and 1728 by the architect Claude Bertaud de la Vaure to keep(preserve) the wheat necessary for the annual food(supply) of some one hundred and twenty thousand inhabitants of Lyon of time(period). After the edict instituting the free circulation of grains(beads) (1763), the building(ship) is fast allocated to military uses(practices): store of artillery, arsenal then barracks until 1987\. The departure of the National Gendarmerie allows then to the Ministry of Culture to program the installation of the Regional Cultural Affairs Directorate of Rhône-Alpes there as well as the studios of dance of the Higher National Conservatory for Music and Dance installed(settled) as for him, since 1988, in the veterinary former school located just opposite. The Attic of abundance presents a completely exceptional architecture: on three stacked(superimposed) levels, three rows of vaults of fish bones(edges) falling again on two series of stony pillars and two rows of pilasters committed(hired) in the lapels(backhands) of facades. In the centre of this rectangular building(ship) in imposing dimensions(size) (130 m of length, 18 m of open sea), a salient forepart, provided with a triangular front wall(pediment) in moderation decorated, introduced in a big(great) staircase in four pits(cores) giving access to floors. To do up in this peculiar building premises(places) adapted to its new missions, the Ministry of Culture appealed to the architects Valode and Pistre and partners; the proposed party allows to leave undamaged the structure of origin and to include the modern elements into a concern(marigold) of sobriety and of authenticity.

    Access

    Drunk C14-19-31-40-45: Bridge(Deck) Koenig (Right Bank or Left Bank)

    Website

    http://www.culturecommunication.gouv.fr/Regions/Drac-Rhone-Alpes

    Phone

    04 72 00 44 00

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