Lyon - Place Bellecour, Église de la Charité

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Lyon - Bellecour Square, Church Hospitals Sharite.Ploschad Bellecour (Place Bellecour) - the largest area of Lyon and the fourth largest area of France (62 000 m2), Europe's largest car-free area (it is only on its perimeter). According to the decree of Louis XIV of 28 December 1658 on the unoccupied lands he appeared before as a royal square. It was built buildings with facades designed by the court architect Robert de Cat. Originally called Louis the Great Square, in the center of the square in 1713 was erected a bronze equestrian statue of Louis XIV, made Martin Dejardin. However, in 1793, during the French Revolution the statue was removed and melted down to "revolutionary cannon" and the buildings on the square are destroyed as a punishment for a rebellion against liontsev Parisian authorities. Later, the house on the square were rebuilt, and in 1825, a new equestrian statue of Louis, to replace the destroyed - this time it was made by François-Frédéric Lemo.