- 28 rue du professeur louis paufique, 69002 Lyon, France
- What you see
- What you need to know
Admire the most notable house, which, as the plaque indicates, is the one where Louise Labé was born in 1526, the beautiful rope maker, a name that the neighboring street adopted in her honor.
The distinctive feature of this residence lies in its magnificent door, framed by two superb arches and surmounted by a remarkable transom bearing the head of the beautiful Louise.
Note the satyr-headed mascaron placed on the keystone of the door. Its main role is apotropaic, intended to ward off evil spirits and protect a dwelling.
Louise Labé, nicknamed “La Belle Cordière”, was a French Renaissance poet, born in Lyon in 1524 and died in 1566. She is best known for her poetic work and her involvement in the literary circles of her time.
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- His love life and poetry
Louise Labbé married Ennemond Perrin, a wealthy rope merchant who owned the eponymous store. She inherited this nickname and found in her husband's fortune the means to nourish her passion for literature.
After her husband's death, she became involved in numerous and varied affairs, liking to say that "after love, the greatest pleasure is talking about it." During a period of great poetic ferment in Lyon, Louise Labbé wrote poems and collaborated with many poets from the region.
Her work, although slim in volume with only 662 verses, includes twenty-four sonnets which express the female torments of passion.
I live, I die; I burn and drown; I am extremely hot while enduring cold: Life is too soft and too hard for me. I have great troubles intermingled with joy...
History in comics
Les Rues de Lyon is a twelve-page monthly magazine that offers a complete comic strip story about the history of Lyon each month. Entirely Lyon-based, it presents true stories created by local authors and printed locally.
The comic strip available below tells the story of La Belle Cordière.
