Rue de la République instance of street
Rue Victor-Hugo, connecting Place Bellecour and Place Carnot
The Rue de l'Impératrice, then renamed Rue de l'Hôtel-de-Ville and then Rue du Président-Édouard-Herriot, between Place Bellecour and the Place des Terreaux
Rue Impériale (1862–1871), later renamed the Rue de Lyon (1871–1878), then Rue de la République (since August–September 1878), which leads from Place Louis Pradel (where are the Hôtel de Ville and the Opera) to Place Bellecour.Two squares have been created on this occasion, both located along the Rue de la République: Place Impériale (now Place de la République) and the Place des Cordeliers. The street, long over a kilometre, follows a southwest–northeast axis from Place Bellecour to the Place de la République, then a north–south axis to Place Louis Pradel.
In 1894, President of France Sadi Carnot was assassinated just near the Palace of Commerce, located on the Place des Cordeliers. A red stone on the Rue de la République marks the place of the assassination.
In the 1970s, the construction of Lyon Metro Line A generated the digging of trenches on the entire street.
The location of the Rue de la République, in the center of the city, and its large number of shops make the street one of the most frequented ones of Lyon by day and night. It is also known by its apocope, "Rue de la Ré".Trades
Like the Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris, the Rue de la République attracts a large number of signs, including:Luxury shops
Cheap shops, including Cheap (Prisunic), demolished in 2006, and the fast-food Mac Donald
Cinemas such as Pathé Lyon-Bellecour and Pathé Lyon-Cordeliers (ex Nefs 8) and CNP Odéon both located in adjacent streets
Major brands of distribution, such as Fnac Bellecour
Many restaurants and cafeterias
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