Between the Rhône and Saône
At the foot of the Croix-Rousse hill and in the heart of the Presqu’île, between the Rhône and Saône, the neighborhoods offer you beautiful walks around many emblematic monuments of the city. City Hall, Opera, Museum of Fine Arts... but also great shopping escapades between the Village des Créateurs and the shopping streets of the districts.
"Resistance on the Slopes" treasure hunt with Les Frères Brigands
In 1943, suddenly plunge into the world of the Resistance. Through secret staircases and hidden traboules, can you save the mysterious Max? And above...
Galerie Cinéma 2 - Institut Lumière
Past eventAlongside the Festival Lumière, this gallery highlights cinematographic photography all year round.
City Hall Carillon
The city hall belfry has housed 4 bells since 1675: 3 of them are still the original bells cast by the Lyon-based founder Dupont.
Eglise Saint Polycarpe
The 17th-c. church is carved out of the hill and surrounded by buildings. It has a very famous organ, created by Augustin Zeiger from Lyon in 1841. It...
Eglise Saint Bernard
Church built from 1857-1866 by architect Tony Desjardin, in the Rayonnant (radiating) Gothic style. It was never finished and is missing the clock...
Bibliothèque de la Cité wall painting
400 m² painted wall. It shows an immense bookcase containing works by several hundred writers in different genres (novels, poetry, theatre, science...
Grenier d'Abondance
It was built between 1722 and 1728 by the architect Claude Bertraud de la Vaure to store wheat. Its capacity was 16,000 tonnes. At the end of the 18th...
Fort Saint Jean
This fort covering 17,000 m² belonged to the Army. The walls on the Saône side date from the start of the 16th c. whereas most of the buildings are...
Plant light wall painting
This 800 m², 120 m-long floodlit painted wall decorated with climbing plants shows three photos of Yann Arthus Bertrand on the theme of protecting the...
Ipoustéguy fountain and statues
The sculptor and painter Ipoustéguy (1920-2006), real name Jean Robert, created four sculptures installed on Place Louis Pradel for the city of Lyon...
La Condition des Soies
Built from 1804 to 1814 by the Chamber of Commerce on part of the former Jardin des Capucins, thanks to the new impetus given to Lyon silk-making by...
Maison aux 365 Fenêtres - Maison du Temps
This house is surrounded by Place Rouville and Rue Flesselles, Rue Rivet and Rue Prunelle. It was built by Mr. Brunet, from Savoie, in around 1810....
Fresque Hommage à Tony Tollet
Mural composed of 5 vertically-aligned stars; the biggest representing the workshop of the Lyonnais painter Tony Tollet (1857-1953). Each of the four...
Chapelle de l'Institution des Chartreux
Chapel built in 1864 by the architect Antoine Desjardins (1814-1884) and inspired by the royal chapel in Vincennes.
Chapelle des Soeurs de Saint François d'Assise
Built in 1865. In 1923-1924, a lighting dome was added above the altar: 2000 round Saint Gobain glasses give the impression of an open sky and create...
Temple de la Lanterne
This Neo-Gothic building from 1856 is divided into two parts, the front on Rue Lanterne and the rear forming the chapel. The organ, in its original...
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