Ancienne voie menant de Lyon vers le village de la Croix-Rousse, et au-delà vers les pays germaniques. Des destructions importantes lui ont fait perdre, vers 1975, une partie de son caractère, laissant seulement subsister quelques-unes des maisons des XVIe et XVIIe siècles qui la bordaient jadis.
This ancient thoroughfare led from the city of Lyon to the Croix-Rousse village and beyond, towards the Germanic lands. Much of its charm was lost after the extensive destruction which took place in 1975, and only some of the 16th- and 17th-century buildings which once stood along its path can still be seen today.