Lyon Attractions
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Lyon Musee des Beaux Arts
This elegant art museum, the Lyon Musee des Beaux Arts, housed in a 17th century palace designed for the Royal Abbess of the Dames de Saint Pierre, and later ...
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Basilique Notre Dame de Fourvière
A gleaming retro-Byzantine confection of Roman columns and religious iconography, the Basilique Notre Dame de Fourvière is visible, by design, from ...
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Cathedrale St Jean
Though overshadowed by the ornate Basilica Notre Dame, the Romanesque-Gothic beauty of the Cathedrale St Jean is the more ancient and important of Lyon's ...
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Place Bellecour
At the heart of Lyon is Place Bellecour, an enormous, unbroken brick expanse (the third largest square in France) sprawled between the Saône and the ...
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Centre d'Histoire de la Resistance et de la Deportation
After Northern France fell to the Nazis, Lyon became the seat of the
French Resistance. Information, arms, and supplies flowed across the
mountains and into ...
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Lyon Ampitheatre Gallo-Romain
Lyon (Lugdunum) was originally founded as a Roman city in 43 BC, strategically located atop Fourvière Hill, with views across the Rhône and ...
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Old Lyon (Vieux Lyon)
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Draped around the ancient Roman edifices atop Fourviére Hill, this enchanting Rennaissance-era neighborhood of beautifully preserved buildings is without ...
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Opera de Lyon
More than just an events venue, the Opera Nouvel is an architectural achievement. The original arcades of the original 1756 edifice remain, but it is the ...
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