Marché alimentaire Saint-Antoine Célestins

This guide to the Marche Saint-Antoine Celestins in Lyon starts with a strange medieval privilege: in 1245 a hospital order called the Antonins settled on this bend of the Saone to treat a burning illness known as Saint Anthony's fire, and won the right to let their pigs roam the city's streets. It follows the quay's name through six centuries, from the monks' hospital to the sand barges that worked this bank into the twentieth century, and on to the butchers and cheesemongers trading here now. Wander the stalls along quai Saint-Antoine and quai des Celestins, where the river's old trades have simply changed hands.