{"id":15614,"date":"2025-09-05T17:15:44","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T17:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jevisitelyon.com\/?p=15614"},"modified":"2025-12-09T23:05:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T23:05:17","slug":"history-of-place-antonin-poncet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jevisitelyon.com\/en\/history-of-place-antonin-poncet\/","title":{"rendered":"History of Place Antonin Poncet"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"15614\" class=\"elementor elementor-15614\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca1c2ed e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ca1c2ed\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a7c5a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4a7c5a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">Pause for a moment in this small, discreet square, wedged between the bustle of Bellecour and the hustle and bustle of Rue de la R\u00e9publique. Beneath your feet lie the foundations of a former hospital where prayers for the sick once echoed. Above, the name engraved on the plaque pays tribute to one of Lyon&#039;s greatest surgeons. This tiny square encapsulates four centuries of Lyon&#039;s medical and hospital history.<\/p><h2 class=\"text-xl font-bold text-text-100 mt-1 -mb-0.5\">16th-19th centuries: Place de la Charit\u00e9<\/h2><h3 class=\"text-lg font-bold text-text-100 mt-1 -mb-1.5\">The hospital that gave its name to the square<\/h3><p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">Before bearing the name of the famous surgeon, the square was called Place de la Charit\u00e9. This name was not chosen at random: it referred to the Charit\u00e9 Hospital that stood here from the 16th century until 1934.<\/p><figure id=\"attachment_4193\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4193\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4193 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/jevisitelyon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Lyon_hopital_charite_plan.jpg\" alt=\"Plan of the Charit\u00e9 Hospital\" width=\"600\" height=\"415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jevisitelyon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Lyon_hopital_charite_plan.jpg 600w, https:\/\/jevisitelyon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Lyon_hopital_charite_plan-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4193\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Plan of the Charit\u00e9 Hospital<\/figcaption><\/figure><p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">The Charit\u00e9 Hospital was much more than just a healthcare facility. Lyon had been given the title of &quot;City of Alms&quot; and &quot;City of Charity,&quot; a title it never denied. This hospital perfectly embodied the city&#039;s charitable vocation.<\/p><h3 class=\"text-lg font-bold text-text-100 mt-1 -mb-1.5\">1626: A chapel in the heart of the hospital<\/h3><p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">At the heart of the hospital stood a remarkable chapel. Completed in 1626, it contained sculptures by Perrache and superb stained-glass windows created in 1890 by Lucien B\u00e9gule.\u00a0<\/p><figure id=\"attachment_15621\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15621\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15621 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/jevisitelyon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/chapelle_autel_de_l-hopital_charite_lyon.jpg\" alt=\"Chapel of the Charity Hospital\" width=\"600\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jevisitelyon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/chapelle_autel_de_l-hopital_charite_lyon.jpg 600w, https:\/\/jevisitelyon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/chapelle_autel_de_l-hopital_charite_lyon-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jevisitelyon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/chapelle_autel_de_l-hopital_charite_lyon-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15621\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chapel of the Charity Hospital<\/figcaption><\/figure><p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">These stained-glass windows were particularly moving because the scenes they depicted retraced the history of the Hospice de la Charit\u00e9, for which the church served as a chapel.<\/p><h3 class=\"text-lg font-bold text-text-100 mt-1 -mb-1.5\">An illustrious tomb<\/h3><p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">This chapel housed a prestigious tomb: that of Cardinal Alphonse de Richelieu, Archbishop of Lyon, brother of the minister of Louis XIII.<\/p><figure id=\"attachment_15622\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15622\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15622 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/jevisitelyon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cardinal-Alphonse-de-Richelieu-Lyon.jpg\" alt=\"Cardinal Alphonse de Richelieu\" width=\"600\" height=\"617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jevisitelyon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cardinal-Alphonse-de-Richelieu-Lyon.jpg 600w, https:\/\/jevisitelyon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cardinal-Alphonse-de-Richelieu-Lyon-292x300.jpg 292w, https:\/\/jevisitelyon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cardinal-Alphonse-de-Richelieu-Lyon-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15622\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cardinal Alphonse de Richelieu<\/figcaption><\/figure><p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">The cardinal himself composed his epitaph in Latin, a touching testimony to his humility: &quot;Pauper natus sum, paupertatem vovi, pauper vixi, pauper morior, inter pauperes sepeliri volo&quot; (&quot;I was born poor, I took a vow of poverty, I lived poor, I die poor, I want to be buried among the poor&quot;).<\/p><h2 class=\"text-xl font-bold text-text-100 mt-1 -mb-0.5\">An astonishing journalistic anecdote<\/h2><p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">Did you know that this square is linked to the birth of the Lyon press? The daily newspaper Le Progr\u00e8s was founded in 1859. The first issue, entitled &quot;Le Progr\u00e8s, Lyon newspaper, daily political newspaper,&quot; appeared on December 12, 1859, in the workshops of the Chanoine printing house located in the basement of the maternity ward of the Charit\u00e9 hospital.<\/p><figure id=\"attachment_15623\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15623\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15623 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/jevisitelyon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jean-Francois-CHANOINE-1807-1864-Createur-du-journal-Le-Progres-en-1859.jpg\" alt=\"Jean-Fran\u00e7ois CHANOINE 1807-1864 Creator of the newspaper &quot;Le Progr\u00e8s&quot; in 1859.\" width=\"600\" height=\"454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jevisitelyon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jean-Francois-CHANOINE-1807-1864-Createur-du-journal-Le-Progres-en-1859.jpg 600w, https:\/\/jevisitelyon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jean-Francois-CHANOINE-1807-1864-Createur-du-journal-Le-Progres-en-1859-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jevisitelyon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jean-Francois-CHANOINE-1807-1864-Createur-du-journal-Le-Progres-en-1859-16x12.jpg 16w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15623\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jean-Fran\u00e7ois CHANOINE 1807-1864<br \/>Creator of the newspaper \u201cLe Progr\u00e8s\u201d in 1859.<\/figcaption><\/figure><p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">Who would have imagined that a newspaper would be born in the basement of a maternity ward!<\/p><h2 class=\"text-xl font-bold text-text-100 mt-1 -mb-0.5\">March 28, 1849: Birth of a medical genius<\/h2><h3 class=\"text-lg font-bold text-text-100 mt-1 -mb-1.5\">Antonin Poncet: a career of excellence<\/h3><figure id=\"attachment_15625\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15625\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15625 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/jevisitelyon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Professeur_Antonin_Poncet_lyon-1.jpg\" alt=\"Professor Poncet\" width=\"600\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jevisitelyon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Professeur_Antonin_Poncet_lyon-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/jevisitelyon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Professeur_Antonin_Poncet_lyon-1-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jevisitelyon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Professeur_Antonin_Poncet_lyon-1-15x12.jpg 15w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15625\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Professor Poncet<\/figcaption><\/figure><p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">The man who gave his name to the square was born on March 28, 1849, in Saint-Trivier-sur-Moignans (Ain). He became a Doctor of Medicine in November 1876, but his career was not a long, quiet river.<\/p><h3 class=\"text-lg font-bold text-text-100 mt-1 -mb-1.5\">1876-1879: The Years of Determination<\/h3><p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">The young Poncet initially experienced failure. In 1876, he applied for the competitive examination for major surgeon at the Charit\u00e9, but was not accepted. But his perseverance paid off: on June 30, 1879, he was accepted into the competitive examination for major surgeon at the H\u00f4tel-Dieu, at the age of 30.<\/p><p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">Ironically, Antonin Poncet did not work at the Charit\u00e9 Hospital, but at the H\u00f4tel-Dieu! The square therefore bears the name of a doctor who worked in a hospital other than the one that gave it its original name.<\/p><h3 class=\"text-lg font-bold text-text-100 mt-1 -mb-1.5\">A pioneer of modern surgery<\/h3><p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">Antonin Poncet was a surgeon and pathophysiologist at the Lyon Hospitals, who held the prestigious position of chief surgeon at the H\u00f4tel-Dieu de Lyon. His specialty? He was the greatest physician at the H\u00f4tel-Dieu of his time, improving urinary and thyroid surgery. Having become a professor and researcher, he particularly studied rheumatism.<\/p><p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">His surgical results were largely influenced by his technical innovation and his concern for asepsis, making him a precursor of modern surgery.<\/p><h2 class=\"text-xl font-bold text-text-100 mt-1 -mb-0.5\">December 29, 1913: A deserved tribute<\/h2><h3 class=\"text-lg font-bold text-text-100 mt-1 -mb-1.5\">The Death of the Great Surgeon<\/h3><p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">Antonin Poncet died on September 16, 1913, at 8 p.m. in Culoz (Ain). His death shocked all of Lyon, which lost one of its most respected medical figures.<\/p><h3 class=\"text-lg font-bold text-text-100 mt-1 -mb-1.5\">The name change<\/h3><p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">The square officially changed its name by a municipal council resolution on December 29, 1913. Out went the &quot;Place de la Charit\u00e9,&quot; in came the &quot;Place Antonin Poncet.&quot; This tribute came just three months after the surgeon&#039;s death, a testament to the city&#039;s immense gratitude.<\/p><h2 class=\"text-xl font-bold text-text-100 mt-1 -mb-0.5\">1934: The end of a hospital era<\/h2><p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">In 1934, the Charit\u00e9 Hospital closed its doors for good, marking the end of four centuries of hospital presence on this site.<\/p><figure id=\"attachment_15453\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15453\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15453 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/jevisitelyon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/destruction-hopital-charite-Lyon.jpg\" alt=\"destruction of the Lyon charity hospital\" width=\"600\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jevisitelyon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/destruction-hopital-charite-Lyon.jpg 600w, https:\/\/jevisitelyon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/destruction-hopital-charite-Lyon-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jevisitelyon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/destruction-hopital-charite-Lyon-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15453\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Destruction of the Charit\u00e9 hospital in Lyon<\/figcaption><\/figure><p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">The square will then experience a new urban configuration, becoming this small breathing space between the major traffic axes that we know today.<\/p><h3 data-start=\"1484\" data-end=\"1821\">A family tribute<\/h3><p data-start=\"1484\" data-end=\"1821\">Moving anecdote: Pierre Poncet was arrested on July 9, 1944, at 9 Cours Gambetta, along with five companions responsible for the youth of the United Resistance Movements. They were shot on the 12th in Genas. A member of the Poncet family also made his mark on Lyon&#039;s history through his involvement in the Resistance.<\/p><h3 data-start=\"1823\" data-end=\"2100\">The legacy of Antonin Poncet<\/h3><p data-start=\"1823\" data-end=\"2100\">The name of this square serves as a daily reminder of Lyon&#039;s medical excellence. This specialist in urinary and thyroid surgery represents the tradition of medical innovation that still makes Lyon&#039;s hospitals renowned today.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e184d2a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e184d2a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Symbolic reflection: It is remarkable that this square, which first bore the name of a hospital (la Charit\u00e9), now bears that of a doctor (Poncet). It is the symbolic passage from the institution to the individual, from collective charity to personal genius, while retaining the same vocation: to honor those who care.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f696552 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f696552\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Lyon Armenian Genocide Memorial<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd42e79 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dd42e79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure id=\"attachment_15733\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15733\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15733 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/jevisitelyon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Memorial-du-genocide-Armenien-lyon.jpg\" alt=\"Lyon Armenian Genocide Memorial\" width=\"600\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jevisitelyon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Memorial-du-genocide-Armenien-lyon.jpg 600w, https:\/\/jevisitelyon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Memorial-du-genocide-Armenien-lyon-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jevisitelyon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Memorial-du-genocide-Armenien-lyon-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15733\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lyon Armenian Genocide Memorial<\/figcaption><\/figure><p data-start=\"229\" data-end=\"531\">Next to the old bell tower of the Charity Hospital stands the <strong data-start=\"337\" data-end=\"379\">Lyon Armenian Genocide Memorial<\/strong>, a set of <strong data-start=\"396\" data-end=\"418\">36 white steles<\/strong>At first glance, this monument seduces with its sobriety and verticality, but every detail is meaningful.<\/p><p data-start=\"533\" data-end=\"973\">These columns are not arranged randomly: they follow the <strong data-start=\"597\" data-end=\"635\">structure of a musical score<\/strong> inspired by an Armenian liturgical chant of <strong data-start=\"679\" data-end=\"690\">Komitas<\/strong>, a major figure in Armenian music. The three rows of steles can be read as three staves, the height and spacing of each column evoking notes and rests, while the poems and texts engraved on some of the steles add rhythm and emphasis.<\/p><p data-start=\"975\" data-end=\"1365\">The visitor who crosses the memorial becomes an interpreter of this symbolic score, visually and poetically feeling the memory of the <strong data-start=\"1129\" data-end=\"1177\">1.5 million victims of the Armenian genocide<\/strong>The empty and engraved steles alternate like notes and silences in a silent melody, creating an immersive experience where art, memory and music meet.<\/p><p data-start=\"1367\" data-end=\"1612\">So the memorial is not just a tribute: it is a <strong data-start=\"1429\" data-end=\"1466\">partition of stone and memory<\/strong>, a space where the memory of the deceased can be read, crossed and felt, inviting each passer-by to become an actor in this universal memory.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f795d93 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f795d93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 data-start=\"194\" data-end=\"248\">What to see today in Place Antonin Poncet?<\/h2><h3 data-start=\"250\" data-end=\"484\">A transitional place<\/h3><p data-start=\"250\" data-end=\"484\">Today, Place Antonin Poncet is a discreet but strategic space. Located at the junction of Place Bellecour and Rue de la R\u00e9publique, it serves as a gentle transition between the two worlds.<\/p><h3 data-start=\"486\" data-end=\"511\">Traces of the past<\/h3><p data-start=\"513\" data-end=\"527\">To observe:<\/p><ul data-start=\"528\" data-end=\"1177\"><li data-start=\"528\" data-end=\"590\"><p data-start=\"530\" data-end=\"590\">The historic site of the former Charit\u00e9 Hospital<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"591\" data-end=\"676\"><p data-start=\"593\" data-end=\"676\">The urban configuration which still recalls the old hospital organization<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"677\" data-end=\"763\"><p data-start=\"679\" data-end=\"763\">The 19th and 20th century buildings that replaced the hospital structures<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"764\" data-end=\"809\"><p data-start=\"766\" data-end=\"809\">The plaque bearing the name of Antonin Poncet<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"810\" data-end=\"1115\"><p data-start=\"812\" data-end=\"1115\"><strong data-start=\"812\" data-end=\"857\">The Lyon Armenian Genocide Memorial<\/strong>, a set of 36 white steles that stands next to the old bell tower. Inspired by a <strong data-start=\"949\" data-end=\"973\">Komitas score<\/strong>, each stele symbolizes a note, some bearing poems or texts, creating a \u201csilent melody\u201d where memory and poetry come together.<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"1116\" data-end=\"1177\"><p data-start=\"1118\" data-end=\"1177\">The contemporary architecture of the buildings bordering the square. This contemporary architecture replaced the old healthcare buildings, but the public service vocation continues with the presence of the Post Office nearby.<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82c01f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"82c01f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Thus, by crossing this small, discreet square, you walk in the footsteps of four centuries of Lyonnais medicine and universal memory: from prayers for the sick of the Charit\u00e9 hospital to the surgical innovations of Antonin Poncet, passing by the Armenian memorial which invites us to remember and reflect, this tiny square concentrates the very essence of Lyon, a hospitable and committed city.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A small, discreet square, tucked between the bustle of Bellecour and the hustle and bustle of Rue de la R\u00e9publique. 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