Rue Juiverie

The Rue Juiverie, in Lyon

The Rue Juiverie is one of the finest streets of the Vieux-Lyon, in the heart of the former Jewish quarter, lined with splendid Renaissance mansions. The Lyon audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this history-laden street, adorned with coats of arms and sumptuous residences.

The street of the former Jewish quarter and its mansions

Here is the Rue Juiverie, in the heart of the former Jewish quarter of Lyon, whose name recalls that a Jewish community lived there in the Middle Ages, before being driven from it. Raising the eyes, you observe the numerous sculpted coats of arms that adorn the façades of the buildings, witnesses of the prestige of the rich families that settled there afterwards. For the Rue Juiverie became, at the Renaissance, one of the most upmarket addresses of Lyon: rich merchants and bankers, notably Italian and Florentine, attracted by the prosperity of the town, had sumptuous private mansions built there. There you admire some jewels of the Lyon Renaissance architecture, like the Hôtel Bullioud and its famous Italian-style gallery designed by Philibert Delorme, or the Tour rose, an elegant staircase tower nestled in a courtyard. This street sums up on its own the wealth and the refinement of the Vieux-Lyon at the time of its splendour. An emblematic street and a setting of the Renaissance, the Rue Juiverie is a must-see stop of the discovery of Lyon.

What to see

Here you wander in one of the finest streets of the Vieux-Lyon, in the heart of the former medieval Jewish quarter, become at the Renaissance an upmarket address where rich Italian merchants had sumptuous mansions built, adorned with sculpted coats of arms, including the Hôtel Bullioud with the gallery of Philibert Delorme and the Tour rose. The Rue Juiverie is a setting of the Lyon Renaissance. It is a must-see stop, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

The Rue Juiverie lies in the heart of the Vieux-Lyon, reachable on foot. It is a public street freely accessible; you admire the façades and the coats of arms by raising the eyes, and some courtyards and mansions are discovered with respect for the residents. You explore it by strolling.

Where does the name of the Rue Juiverie come from in Lyon?

It recalls that a Jewish community lived in this quarter in the Middle Ages; become at the Renaissance an upmarket address, the street is lined with sumptuous private mansions adorned with coats of arms, built by rich Italian merchants, including the Hôtel Bullioud and the Tour rose.

Where is the Rue Juiverie of Lyon?

In the heart of the Vieux-Lyon, in France.