Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #15 in Lyon, France

Vieux Lyon is the largest Renaissance district of Lyon. In 1964, Vieux-Lyon, the city's oldest district, became the first site in France to be protected under the Malraux law to protect France's cultural sites. Covering an area of 424 hectares between the Fourvière hill and the river Saône, it is one of Europe's most extensive Renaissance neighborhoods. There are three distinct sections: Saint Jean, Saint Paul and Saint Georges. In 1998, Vieux Lyon was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List along with other districts in Lyon because of its historical importance and architecture.

Wikipedia: Vieux Lyon (EN), Heritage Website

The Monument to Ampere is a statue erected on Place Ampère in the 2nd arrondissement of Lyon, France. Installed in 1888, it depicts the scholar André-Marie Ampère seated. Its sculptor was Charles Textor, its architect Joseph Dubuisson and the founder was Thiébaut.

Wikipedia: Monument à Ampère (FR)

The Hôtel de Sarron is a building listed as a historical monument by decree of November 19, 1991, located in the 2nd arrondissement of Lyon. It housed the offices of Mathieu Paquet's printing and bookshop, which became those of the Presse Lyonnaise du Sud-Est, which prints the daily newspaper L'Express de Lyon.

Wikipedia: Hôtel de Sarron (FR)

The Musée des Tissus is located in the 2nd arrondissement of Lyon, at 34 rue de la Charité, along with the Musée des Arts Décoratifs.

Wikipedia: Musée des Tissus et des Arts décoratifs (FR), Website

Notre-Dame Saint-Louis is a church assigned to Catholic worship, located in the Guillotière district, in the 7th arrondissement of Lyon, of which it is the oldest parish sanctuary. It is located at the intersection of Rue de la Madeleine and Grande Rue de la Guillotière.

Wikipedia: Église Notre-Dame Saint-Louis de Lyon (FR)

The Armenian Church of Saint-Jacques de Lyon or Surp Hagop Church is a religious building of the Armenian Apostolic Church located in the 3rd arrondissement of Lyon, at number 40 rue d'Arménie. The church is dedicated to James of Nisibis.

Wikipedia: Église arménienne Saint-Jacques de Lyon (FR)

The Church of the Sacred Heart is an unfinished church, assigned to Catholic worship and located in the 3rd arrondissement of Lyon, at the corner of Rue Turbil and Rue Antoine-Charial. Until the construction of the current church, built between 1922 and 1934, the only church in the district was the Sainte-Anne church, which was itself unfinished and destroyed in 1939.

Wikipedia: Église du Sacré-Cœur de Lyon (FR)

The Institute of Contemporary Art (IAC) is a contemporary art center located in Villeurbanne. It also hosts the regional contemporary art fund of the Rhône-Alpes region.

Wikipedia: Institut d'art contemporain de Villeurbanne (FR), Website

Villa Lafont is a house located in Villeurbanne, in the Rhône department, France. It is located in the commune of Villeurbanne in the district of La Ferrandière, and for this reason is also called "Villa La Ferrandière", near the Cours Tolstoï and the Totem, at the south-west corner of the rue Marc-Sangnier and the rue du 4 septembre 1797.

Wikipedia: Villa Lafont (FR)