This February 28, as has been the tradition for almost 90 years, the organ played again at the opening of the Municipal Council. On keyboards, organist Frédéric Lamantia had chosen to play two love songs, directing the audience’s ears towards Eastern Europe.
But what is this tradition? And why this tool? When he was elected mayor of Villeurbanne in 1924, the doctor Lazare Goujon, son of the people and supporter of the Socialist Workers’ International, had a major project with his team: to transform Villeurbanne into a modern city. No more disparate workshops, unsanitary blocks, it was necessary to create a city center capable of distinguishing itself from that of Lyon, the only large dominant city at the time.
Affirm the presence of the Republic
He wanted to promote the suburbs and its inhabitants and provide the working classes with comfort, health, culture and good living. From these ambitions was born the Gratte-ciel district in 1934. Matched with the cultural and…
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