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Type | Town square |
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Location | Grenoble |
Coordinates | 45°11′20″N 5°43′55″E / 45.18889°N 5.73194°E |
Place de Verdun is a public square in the French commune of Grenoble in the French department of Isère, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
This vast square, located in the hyper-center district, notably houses the Isère prefecture hotel , the building of the former musée-bibliothèque de Grenoble and the hôtel des troupes de montagne de Grenoble .
Starting from the north, and going clockwise, Place de Verdun provides access to the following routes, according to the toponymic references provided by the geoportal site of the National Geographic Institute: [1]
The square, located in the hyper-center Grenoble district, near the Exposition-Bajatière district, is accessible to passers-by from any point in the city.
The square is directly served by line A of the Grenoble metropolitan area tram network with a station located to the southwest of the square: Verdun - Préfecture. The place is also served by numerous bus lines (Proximo lines 12, 13, 14), as well as by the Transisère line 6020 (Verdun-Préfecture stop).
This square, surrounded by monumental buildings dating, for the most part, from the end of the 19th century, forms a square of 150 meters on each side, sheltering a square with a basin equipped with a water jet in its center. The place also houses an underground car park, the entrance to which is located on the north side. [2] The tram line runs along this square between rue Général Marchand (to the north) and rue Fantin-Latour (to the south).
The Place de Verdun was named by this name in 1918, in memory of the Battle of Verdun which took place from February 21 to December 18, 1916 in the Verdun region in Lorraine, during the First World War.
Originally, the Place de Verdun was called the « Place d’Armes » because it hosted the city’s main military parades. [3] It was designed in the 1840s on the site of a former bastion of the Lesdiguières fortifications. The prefecture was completed in 1867. At the start of the Third Republic (in 1870) it changed its name to « Place de la Constitution ». In 1885, a banker built a private mansion which would become the current administrative court.
The statue of Napoleon on his horse, made by Emmanuel Frémiet, was inaugurated on the square in 1868 then dismantled in 1870, under the Third Republic before being reinstalled near lac de Laffrey (site of the Laffrey prairie). To replace it, the statue called « Le Torrent » by Urbain Basset was installed. This will, in turn, be moved to the Jardin de Ville. A pool will be installed at this location. [4]
Below is the list of buildings on the square, most of them for public purposes in order of number:
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![]() Place de Verdun and the
Isère prefecture hotel | |
Type | Town square |
---|---|
Location | Grenoble |
Coordinates | 45°11′20″N 5°43′55″E / 45.18889°N 5.73194°E |
Place de Verdun is a public square in the French commune of Grenoble in the French department of Isère, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
This vast square, located in the hyper-center district, notably houses the Isère prefecture hotel , the building of the former musée-bibliothèque de Grenoble and the hôtel des troupes de montagne de Grenoble .
Starting from the north, and going clockwise, Place de Verdun provides access to the following routes, according to the toponymic references provided by the geoportal site of the National Geographic Institute: [1]
The square, located in the hyper-center Grenoble district, near the Exposition-Bajatière district, is accessible to passers-by from any point in the city.
The square is directly served by line A of the Grenoble metropolitan area tram network with a station located to the southwest of the square: Verdun - Préfecture. The place is also served by numerous bus lines (Proximo lines 12, 13, 14), as well as by the Transisère line 6020 (Verdun-Préfecture stop).
This square, surrounded by monumental buildings dating, for the most part, from the end of the 19th century, forms a square of 150 meters on each side, sheltering a square with a basin equipped with a water jet in its center. The place also houses an underground car park, the entrance to which is located on the north side. [2] The tram line runs along this square between rue Général Marchand (to the north) and rue Fantin-Latour (to the south).
The Place de Verdun was named by this name in 1918, in memory of the Battle of Verdun which took place from February 21 to December 18, 1916 in the Verdun region in Lorraine, during the First World War.
Originally, the Place de Verdun was called the « Place d’Armes » because it hosted the city’s main military parades. [3] It was designed in the 1840s on the site of a former bastion of the Lesdiguières fortifications. The prefecture was completed in 1867. At the start of the Third Republic (in 1870) it changed its name to « Place de la Constitution ». In 1885, a banker built a private mansion which would become the current administrative court.
The statue of Napoleon on his horse, made by Emmanuel Frémiet, was inaugurated on the square in 1868 then dismantled in 1870, under the Third Republic before being reinstalled near lac de Laffrey (site of the Laffrey prairie). To replace it, the statue called « Le Torrent » by Urbain Basset was installed. This will, in turn, be moved to the Jardin de Ville. A pool will be installed at this location. [4]
Below is the list of buildings on the square, most of them for public purposes in order of number:
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