🗻️ Place Ambroise-Courtois

The Place Ambroise-Courtois is a square in the neighborhood of Monplaisir in the 8th arrondissement of Lyon. It was named after Ambroise Courtois, a city councillor, on 30 October 1944, months after Courtois was assassinated by the Milice française. It had been previously named the Place de Monplaisir. The square is bordered by the Avenue des Frères-Lumière to the south and the Cours Albert-Thomas to the north.