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Place Bellecour

The Place Bellecour is a large square in the centre of , , to the north of the Ainay district. Measuring 312 m by 200 m, it is one of the largest open squares in Europe, and the third biggest square in France, behind the Place des Quinconces in and the in Paris.
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  • Type: Square
  • Description: square in Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
  • Also known as: “La Place Bellecour”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Equestrian statue of Louis XIV and Bellecour.

Work of art
Photo: François-Frédéric Lemot, Public domain.
is a work of art.

Railway stop
Photo: Elliott Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a railway stop.

Theater building
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The is a theatre building on the in , France. It was designed by Gaspard André, and inaugurated in 1877, then again in 2005. is situated 270 metres north of Place Bellecour.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saint-Georges and Saint-Jean Neighbourhood in Lyon.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Suburb
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is the largest Renaissance district of . In 1964, , the city's oldest district, became the first site in France to be protected under the Malraux law to protect France's cultural sites.

Place Bellecour

Latitude
45.75765° or 45° 45′ 28″ north
Longitude
4.83203° or 4° 49′ 55″ east
Elevation
170 metres (558 feet)
Open location code
8FQ6QR5J+3R
Open­Street­Map ID
way 4161405
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­square
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­square
Geo­Names ID
12500554
Wiki­data ID
Q614
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Wu Chinese—“Place Bellecour” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Bellecour plaza”
  • Catalan: “Place Bellecour”
  • Central Kurdish: “گۆڕەپانی بێلکوور”
  • Chinese: “貝勒庫爾廣場”
  • Chinese: “贝勒库尔广场”
  • Dutch: “Place Bellecour”
  • Esperanto: “Place Bellecour”
  • French: “place Bellecour, Lyon”
  • French: “place Bellecour”
  • French: “Place Bellecour”
  • Galician: “praza Bellecour”
  • German: “Place Bellecour (Lyon)”
  • German: “Place Bellecour, Lyon”
  • German: “Place Bellecour”
  • Hebrew: “פלאס בלקור”
  • Hungarian: “Place Bellecour”
  • Indonesian: “Place Bellecour”
  • Italian: “place Bellecour”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “place Bellecour”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Place Bellecour”
  • Norwegian: “Place Bellecour”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Plaça Bellecour”
  • Polish: “Place Bellecour”
  • Russian: “Белькур (площадь)”
  • Russian: “Белькур”
  • Russian: “пл. Белькур”
  • Russian: “площадь Белькур”
  • Spanish: “Plaza de Bellecour”
  • Tamil: “பிலேஸ் பெல்லகொர்”
  • Ukrainian: “Белькур”
  • Ukrainian: “Площа Белькур”
  • Wu Chinese: “贝勒库尔广场”

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