Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Lyon, France

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Number of sights 15 sights
Distance 5.9 km
Ascend 214 m
Descend 128 m

Explore Lyon in France with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Individual Sights in Lyon

Sight 1: Auditorium Maurice-Ravel

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The Maurice Ravel Auditorium is a concert hall located in Part-Dieu, the 3rd district of Lyon. It was originally built for the National Orchestra of Lyon and is their residence hall. It is also one of the first buildings in France to be built with Prestressed concrete.

Wikipedia: Auditorium Maurice-Ravel (EN), Website

478 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 2: Le Buisson Ardent

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Le Buisson Ardent

The burning bush is a fountain produced by Geneviève Böhmer located in the 3rd arrondissement of Lyon, in France.

Wikipedia: Le Buisson ardent (Böhmer) (FR)

102 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 3: Bourse du Travail

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The Bourse du Travail is a 1,950-capacity theatre located in Lyon, France. Built in 1929, it was designated a monument historique in 1989. Some of the artists that performed at the venue include Asia, Mötley Crüe, Blue Öyster Cult, Iggy Pop and Metallica.

Wikipedia: Bourse du Travail (Lyon) (EN), Website

653 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 4: Chapelle Sainte-Croix de Lyon

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The Sainte-Croix Chapel or Chapel of the Missionaries of Notre-Dame is a Byzantine-style building located in the 6th arrondissement of Lyon. Erected in memory of the victims of the siege of Lyon in 1793, it belongs to the Commission du Monument Religieux des Brotteaux, an association under the law of 1901.

Wikipedia: Chapelle Sainte-Croix de Lyon (FR)

704 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 5: Grand Temple

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The Grand Temple de Lyon, also known as the Temple des Brotteaux, is a Protestant place of worship located on the left bank of the Rhône, 3 quai Victor-Augagneur, in the 3rd arrondissement of Lyon. The parish is a member of the United Protestant Church of France.

Wikipedia: Grand Temple de Lyon (FR), Website

428 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 6: Le Café du Rhône

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Le Café du Rhône, is a café-restaurant located at 23 quai Victor-Augagneur in Lyon, France.

Wikipedia: Café du Rhône (FR)

767 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 7: Chapelle de l'Hôtel-Dieu

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Chapelle de l'Hôtel-Dieu Chabe01 / CC BY-SA 4.0

The Notre-Dame-de-Pitié Chapel, more commonly known as the Hôtel-Dieu Chapel, is a religious building located in the Bellecour district, in the 2nd arrondissement of Lyon which belongs to the Hospices civils de Lyon. It is sometimes called the church of the Hôtel-Dieu because of its attachment to the Basilica of Saint Bonaventure and previously to the parish of Saint-Nizier.

Wikipedia: Chapelle de l'Hôtel-Dieu (Lyon) (FR)

501 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 8: Mémorial Lyonnais du Génocide Arménien

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Lyon Armenian Genocide Memorial was erected in 2006 in central Lyon, France, in memory of the victims of the Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire in 1915 and the following years.

Wikipedia: Lyon Armenian Genocide Memorial (EN)

776 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 9: Palais archiépiscopal

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The Archiepiscopal Palace of Lyon, or Palais Saint-Jean, is a building of medieval origin located in the 5th arrondissement of Lyon. Home to the bishops and archbishops of Lyon for many centuries, it has undergone many developments. Confiscated during the Revolution, it was used from 1974 to store Lyon's municipal archives.

Wikipedia: Palais archiépiscopal de Lyon (FR)

142 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 10: Église Sainte-Croix de Lyon

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The Sainte-Croix Church in Lyon is a Catholic church built in the 19th century. It is the northernmost church of the Lyon episcopal group comprising the Cathedral of Saint-Jean and the former Church of Saint-Étienne, remains of its foundations can be seen in the adjoining archaeological park.

Wikipedia: Ancienne église Sainte-Croix de Lyon (FR)

135 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 11: Manécanterie

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Manécanterie

The Manécanterie is an ancient monument situated in Lyon in Saint Jean district, in the 5th arrondissement of Lyon. It is placed side by side to the south southwest of the cathedral Saint Jean and is a part of the former convent of the cathedral. This small Romanesque building served first as dining hall to the canons of Saint Jean, before becoming a parish choir school, namely a school for the singing of the clergy. In 1998, it was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List along with other notable buildings in historic Lyon as a testimony to Lyon's long history and unique architecture.

Wikipedia: Manécanterie, Lyon (EN)

121 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 12: Catastrophe de Fourvière

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Catastrophe de Fourvière

The Fourvière disaster was a tragic event in the city of Lyon that took place on the night of 12 to 13 November 1930. A section of the Fourvière hill collapsed, causing the destruction of buildings and the death of many people.

Wikipedia: Catastrophe de Fourvière (FR)

632 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 13: Espace culturel du christianisme à Lyon

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The Espace Culturel du Christianisme à Lyon (ECCLY), or Musée de l'Antiquaille, is an interpretation center of the history of Christianity located on the hill of Fourvière in Lyon, France, at 49 montée Saint-Barthélemy.

Wikipedia: Espace culturel du christianisme à Lyon (FR), Website

258 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 14: Lugdunum Musée et Théâtres Romains

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Lugdunum Musée et Théâtres Romains

Lugdunum, formerly known as the Gallo-Roman Museum of Lyon-Fourvière or Museum of Roman Civilisation, is a museum of Gallo-Roman civilisation in Lyon. Previously presented at the Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon and the Antiquarium, the municipal Gallo-Roman collection was transferred to a new building designed by Bernard Zehrfuss and opened in 1975, near the city's Roman theatre and odeon, on a hill known as Fourvière, located in the heart of the Roman city. Internally, it is formed of a concrete spiral ramp descending and branching out into the display rooms. It is managed and operated by the Metropolis of Lyon jointly with the archaeological museum of Saint-Romain-en-Gal. As well as displaying its own permanent collections of Roman, Celtic and pre-Roman material, a plan-relief of the ancient town and scale models of its major monuments such as the theatre and the Odeon, it also regularly hosts temporary exhibitions. On November 8, 2017, the museum was renamed Lugdunum.

Wikipedia: Lugdunum (museum) (EN), Website

198 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 15: Odéon

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Odéon

The Odeon of Lyon is a small ancient Roman theatre near the summit of the Fourvière hill in Lyon, France. It forms a pair with the Ancient Theatre of Fourvière, one of only two such pairs in Gaul. Along with other buildings in Lyon, it was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1998, protecting Lyon's long history as a powerful city and its unique architecture.

Wikipedia: Odeon of Lyon (EN)

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