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This charming gallery specialises in figurative paintings that have been created in...
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This area of Lyon is absolutely packed with fascinating tourist attractions and...
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This antiques centre is one of the best regarded in the city...
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Lyon has since the Middle Ages been the ‘city of silk’ in...
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This area, at the very heart of the central old town of...
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There are few better places to sit back and relax than in...
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Constructed by well known architect Pierre Bossan, between 1872 and 1884, this...
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Situated on the same street as many of the art galleries in...
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The Buddhist Centre is a place of tranquillity and calm, focussed around...
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This centre was a joint project between the authorities in Lyon and...
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This beautiful church was begun building in 1170, and has been added...
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It took architect G. Andre five years to complete this magnificent theatre,...
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Set in the 6th District of Lyon this gallery has had a...
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A beautiful gallery, this venue is dedicated to works of contemporary art...
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Church of the Annunciation
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This church is a very hard one to place in one architectural...
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Architecturally this is one of the most interesting buildings in this area...
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The Museum of Contemporary art has been a well loved fixture in...
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This superb gallery carries a fine permanent collection of drawings and engravings....
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It is thought that this is one of the oldest remaining churches...
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This museum charts over 250 years of fire fighting in France....
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If you’ve had enough of the mainstream art scene, of which there...
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If you are looking for a slightly different type of gallery, one...
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This amazing piece of sporting architecture was created in 1926 by the...
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When the building of this mosque began in 1992, it was surrounded...
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This beautiful synagogue is one of the grandest buildings situated by the...
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Tony Garnier was one of the best known architects in France in...
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Hans Kleberger is known by most of the citizens of Lyon simply...
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Located extremely close to the main hospital in central Lyon, this museum...
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Philibert Delorme designed this magnificent building in 1536. It is quite...
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There is a legend in the city of Lyon that this building...
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There are several fine town houses in the heart of old Lyon,...
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Lyon has a rich and interesting architectural history and most of the...
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S. Maupin was the architect charged with the formidable charge of creating...
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This quite outstanding mansion was built as a private house in the...
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Pierre Bossan designed several of the most prominent churches in the heart...
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Guignol is the most famous puppet ever to have been created, and...
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Jardin Archeologique St-Jean
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These gardens are a fascinating place to visit, at the heart of...
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Situated close to the local church in this area of Lyon, the...
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This fine set of gardens is quite different to the Jardin des...
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Although this garden is in the shadow of the great basilica, it...
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This street is filled with exciting art galleries, each and everyone with...
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This is one of the most iconic buildings in the city of...
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This was once the home of Louis and Auguste, the famous brothers...
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The building that houses this museum is without a doubt one of...
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Lyon became one of the most important cities in France in the...
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This marvellous mansion house was once known as the Croix d’Or, an...
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It was in the mid 19th Century that the ‘Canuts’, the fabric...
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A chamarier was a person that was responsible for guarding the security...
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This house is one of several remarkable pieces of late 16th Century...
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This gallery remains popular with local people because it almost entirely focuses...
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Situated to the right of the cathedral’s main facade, this piece of...
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When you arrive at this fine gallery, your journey of artistic discovery...
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The Provence School was a well respected group of artists who began...
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Municipal Library of Lyon
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It is no surprise that such a large and learned city as...
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It doesn’t matter if you are a committed climber or a complete...
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This small private museum has been created by an enthusiast who started...
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Lyon has always been famed as being the city of silk; it...
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Museum of Printing and the Bank
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Located in the Hotel de la Couronne, this museum was opened in...
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The history of Lyon is one of the longest and most interesting...
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Natural History Museum for Children
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This museum is quite unique in that it is almost entirely focussed...
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Although this centre is situated next to the River Rhone, it is...
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Notre-Dame de Saint-Vincent
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This fantastic church stands close to the river and was designed by...
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Many of the galleries in central Lyon focus on established artists work...
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The Lyon Opera is one of the hubs of cultural life in...
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Palais Episcopal Saint-Jean
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The Ecclesiastic Dome has been a regular feature of Lyonnais architecture next...
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According to a good collection of medieval texts that exist on the...
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This is a beautiful little private museum tucked away down a quiet...
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This vast park is one of the crowning glories of Lyon’s open...
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Situated in the middle of a busy residential and commercial area in...
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Situated in the south west of the city, Parc de Parilly is...
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This enormous park is located close to the centre of Lyon....
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When the Hospital de la Charite was demolished in the early 1930s,...
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After the French Revolution, there were a tiny amount of royal squares...
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This is one of the finest public squares in the city, taking...
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The name of this square relates to the many muddy moats that...
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This beautiful piece of municipal architecture was the responsibility of architect A....
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This interesting association has a history that dates back well over a...
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It was in 1905 that the mayor of Lyon appointed the eminent...
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The Rambling Centre is located at the heart of Lyon and although...
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Resistance and Deportation Museum
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This quite chilling museum tells the story of the French Resistance and...
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This organisation was set up to help those people that have just...
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The importance of this, one of the largest rivers in France, cannot...
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The River Saône is one of the more famous in France....
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It is amazing how long the Roman civilisation that once existed in...
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This museum is one of the finest collections of religious art and...
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Architect A. Chomel was instructed to design a modern church in the...
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This fine abbey was constructed in the style of a late Middle...
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The original church building was constructed in the 17th Century and underwent...
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Built over a period of nearly fifty years from the mid 19th...
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Benoir and Dulin were the two architects charged with the task of...
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Pierre Bosan was the architect responsible for completely rebuilding the church in...
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One of the great institutions of the long and illustrious Lyonnais art...
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There have been a series of archaeological gigs in the 20th Century...
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Although there was an ancient 11th Century church in this street with...
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Saint-Laurent de Choulans
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This is one of several exciting archaeological discoveries that have been made...
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Some galleries are extremely specialist in their nature and others like to...
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This youth project is a very popular part of the Lyon entertainment...
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Telecommunications Museum
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The Telecommunications Museum is housed in old telephone exchange in the centre...
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There have been a great deal of archaeological finds in the area...
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Tony Garnier Urban Museum
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Tony Garnier is one of the most famous names ever to have...
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Standing opposite the great basilica, this interesting piece of 20th Century architecture...
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Today this building is home to one of the most popular restaurants...
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It has been since the 1980s that this gallery has been wowing...
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