Théâtre des Célestins (Lyon)

France / Rhone-Alpes / Lyon / Rue Gaspard André

Main theater of downtown Lyon, named for the convent of the Célestin nuns which occupied the site from 1407 until 1779 -- they had been given the site by Amédée VIII, Count then Duke of Savoy, after it had been taken from the Knights Templar.

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Coordinates:   45°45'35"N   4°49'52"E
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