Saint Etienne - St Etienne Church

In the center of St-Etienne is the Place de l'Hôtel-de-Ville, in which stands the Town Hall (1882).

Southwest of the Place de l'Hôtel-de-Ville, in Place Boivin, is the 15th C church of St- Etienne, which was damaged during the wars of religion. Around the square are a number of 16th C houses, and in the adjoining Place du Peuple is a fine half-timbered house, also 16th C. A little way south is the Comédie de St-Etienne, a theater founded by Jean Dasté in 1947, which has had, and continues to have, a great influence on the theater in France.