Place des Jacobins

It is one of the most beautiful squares in Lyon and takes its name from the religious Jacobins (or brothers) of the Dominican Order ve were installed south of the square. Jacobins were told that the king of France sent them on a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostella, Jacobus in Latin. The square is sixteenth century, is triangular and its current name is from the French Revolution, which is a little weird because the revolutionaries hated everything to do with religion. The fountain in the center is very nice and is by Gaspard André, ve created it in 1878 with 4 main Degeorges statues, it's considered