Place de la Croix-Rousse, Pedestrian square in the 4th arrondissement of Lyon, France

The place de la Croix-Rousse is a square in the 4th arrondissement of Lyon, in the Croix-Rousse neighborhood. It has two parts: a triangular northern section and a trapezoidal southern section. The bronze statue of Joseph Marie Jacquard by Denis Foyatier was inaugurated here in 1901.

The Croix-Rousse area became the center of Lyon's silk weaving trade in the 19th century, home to the canuts who were known for their labor uprisings. The square has changed over the decades but has always remained the gathering point of the neighborhood.

The square holds a stone statue of Joseph Marie Jacquard, made by Élie Ottavry and installed in 1947 to replace Denis Foyatier's bronze of 1901, which was melted down under the Vichy regime. Jacquard's loom mechanism is tied to the silk weavers, the canuts, of this hillside.

The square lies in the 4th arrondissement, in the Croix-Rousse neighborhood. It has two parts: a triangular northern section and a trapezoidal southern section. The Jacquard statue stands on the square, and the former spirite nursery at no. 8 is a nearby landmark to look for.

The current Jacquard statue on the square is not the original one: the bronze version made by Denis Foyatier and unveiled in 1901 was melted down during World War II under the Vichy regime. A new version in stone, slightly different in appearance, was made by Élie Ottavry and placed in 1947.