The 7th district and its good addresses
Borough famous for its Berges du Rhône, it is also thanks to the district of Guillotière, a place that is full of trendy addresses. Going down the Rhone river, you reach the Parc de Gerland where skaters meet enthusiastically every weekend. A visit to the Center for the History of Resistance and Deportation reminds the man of his duty to remember.
Eglise Notre Dame Saint Louis de la Guillotière
19th-c. church, stained-glass windows devoted to the life of Saint Louis and the Virgin Mary. It has an organ from 1946 made from 2000 wooden tubes...
Light wall painting: Lyon in 2046
350 m² floodlit painted wall showing Lyon in the future, Fourvière at the bottom and the Halle Tony Garnier under a steel dome. Under the painting, 4...
Cinema Wall wall painting
500 m² painted wall: the top section shows a film set, the bottom section a scene from the 1st film by the Lumière brothers and the side films shot in...
Gerland wall painting
190 m² painted wall. This architectural trompe-l’oeil in the colours of the 32 countries competing features a hundred or so images and objects,...
Fresque du Centenaire
This 144m2 mural is composed of 24 panels installed in the heart of the arches next to the Jean Macé train station. They narrate the story of the 7th...
Cité Scolaire Internationale
Public School. The work lasted from January 1991 to September 1992. It was designed according to the plans of Françoise-Hélène Jourda and Gilles...
Fresque Art Nouveau
200m² mural, dedicated to art-nouveau. Divided into 9 sections, it represents the remarkable architectures of Lyon's 7th district. It was completed...
Fort Lamothe (ou La Motte)
The fort is very small. It dates from the end of the 16th c. It covers 17 ha in the very heart of the former Sergent Blandan barracks and its...
Couvent des Religieuses de l'Adoration Réparatrice
The convent was built on 3341m² of land between Boulevard Yves Farges and Rue Mathieu Varille from December 8, 1992 to August 15, 1996 by the...
Eglise Saint André
The church was built between 1859 and 1907, using medieval shapes reinvented by various 19th-c. architects. Neo-Gothic-style furniture (including...
Prado Chapel
The chapel is dedicated to Our Lady of the 7 Sorrows and is based in a former ballroom. It houses the body of Father Chevrier (died October 1879,...
CroisiEurope Week-ends
Make the most of the weekend; highly colourful shows and talented artists are guaranteed! Our boat has been turned into a veritable theatre, so climb...
Fagor-Brandt Factory
A former industrial powerhouse at the heart of Lyon’s working-class history, the site, where 29,000 sq m (312,000 sq ft) is currently unused, now...
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