Grézieu-la-Varenne

Grézieu-la-Varenne

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At the foot of Col de la Luère, Grézieu-la-Varenne, home of the laundry, you will discover the richness of its past. Since the beginning of the 17th century, Grézieu washed clothes of the religious communities of Lyon. Until 1836, was a hamlet of Craponne Grézieu-la-Varenne. To ensure effective protection of the village against external aggression, the canons of St Just have fortified the town of Grézieu (late 12th / early 13th century). This Vingtain housed the church and cemetery located in the center and the houses which were backed in ranks.

• To see:

• The cross paths: They are six in number in the territory of the municipality. Some are granite, limestone other. Cross the walkway, granite, in 1743, is the oldest.
• The way round: the recent constructions have significantly altered his appearance, very little remains in the state. One can still see a door with a high, narrow ledge Lyon (with sponge). The door semicircular frame molded in yellow stone and dating from the 16th suffered a lot of its movement during construction, the stones were, however, remaining ski.
• The round tower: Better maintained that because the square tower of property chapter, she served as a communal pantry. There was stored wine belonging to the Canons and the press was commonplace, the use was made in favor of the Chapter. In 1781, the chapter of St Just had to consolidate the walls and framing, roofing and press were completely refurbished.
• The square tower: the 14th century, a watchtower was built square to watch the plain, warn those who worked outside and order the doors closed. This watch tower, square, originally 25 meters high was, for security reasons, truncated by half in 1882. During the Revolution, the two towers were sold as national property. In 1974, the municipality of Grézieu, wishing to save the only remnants that escaped at the time, bought the two towers, testimonies of eight centuries of history.
• The Church of St. Roch: Built in 1872 by architect Francis Lyon Merlin, its bell tower was raised in 1906. Unlike most churches east-west, it was necessary to enlarge turn the new church in the north-south direction, due to lack of floor space. On the west wall of the church, stone shed (late nineteenth), hand pump with access convicted. Ten degree leading to porch. Of basilica, the church has a nave and two aisles separated by columns whose capitals support the barrel vaults. The furniture is enriched by remarkable five parts: a baptismal font-11th century marble on a base of white marble inscribed in the inventory of historical monuments in 1963, a painting from 1629 signed Basilio Salazar, entitled "The Madonna of the Scapular "(it was included in the IMH in 1999 and restored in 2006); procession of banners, including one from 1857, included in the IMH in 2009 the stained glass of Louis Bégule famous glass artist of late nineteenth, early twentieth century, a bell dating from 1939, by the extraordinary number and quality of the bells.

• To do:

• La Maison du Whitener: through an exhibition of equipment, you can discover the history of laundry in the west of Lyon from 1880 to 1950. Open the fourth Sunday of the month.
• Village guided tour for groups by reservation.
• Green Lane: 4.5 km course around a portion of the route of the old railway line between Lyon and Vaugneray. A network of bike lanes side connects the various neighborhoods.

• Nature Grézieu a Sunday in April.
• The 1000 bumps: the last Sunday in April.
• The Z'ART in June.

• Puppet Theatre Museum in Brindas.
• Antoine Brown Museum in St. Consorce.
• Geneviève Dumont Pollionnay Association.
• House Exhibition Yzeron to the plow.
• Pool Intercommunale Valleys of the Lyonnais Vaugneray.
• Adventure park in the trees Yzeron.

Square tower

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