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Garage Citroën

Lyon 07, Rhône, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Le garage (cad. AP 17) : inscription par arrêté du 18 mai 1992
Protection dates
1992/05/18 : inscrit MH
Type
garage
Main period of construction
2e quart 20e siècle
Dates
1930
Architect or builder
Ravazé Maurice-Jacques (architecte), Bergerot (ingénieur)
Ownership
propriété d'une société privée
Address
35 rue de Marseille
Commune
Lyon 07
Département
Rhône
Region
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Country
France
Coordinates
45.75120, 4.84031
Mérimée reference
PA00118153

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Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gallica)

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1869 map "Isere." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Garage construit de 1930 à 1932 par l'architecte Maurice-Jacques Ravazé, chef du service architecture à la Société anonyme André Citroën. Appelée "la plus grande station-service du monde", elle est la dernière et la plus monumentale d'une série d'une vingtaine de succursales Citroën construites entre 1920 et 1935. Les différents services (exposition, vente, stockage et réparations) sont répartis sur six niveaux. Deux rampes superposées montent le long de la façade donnant sur la rue Bechevelin. Le hall d'exposition octogonal, à l'angle des rues de Marseille et de l'Université, a été modifié en 1971 par la création d'un nouveau plancher qui dénature l'esprit théâtral du lieu.

English translation

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Garage built from 1930 to 1932 by architect Maurice-Jacques Ravazé, head of the architecture department at the Société anonyme André Citroën. Called "the world's largest service station", it is the last and most monumental of a series of some twenty Citroën branches built between 1920 and 1935. The various services (showroom, sales, storage and repairs) are distributed over six levels. Two superimposed ramps run along the façade facing rue Bechevelin. The octagonal exhibition hall, at the corner of rue de Marseille and rue de l'Université, was modified in 1971 by the creation of a new floor which detracts from the theatrical spirit of the place.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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