Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #3 in Lyon, France

The Ancient Baths of Lyon refer to several Roman thermal establishments located in Lyon, France. The most important of those discovered is that of the rue des Farges built on the side of the hill of Fourvière, possibly referred to as the baths of Apollo according to a tenuous set of clues.

Wikipedia: Thermes antiques de Lyon (FR)

The church of Saint-Just or Saint-Just of the Maccabees church, is a church in Lyon, France. It is located at 41 rue des Farges, in Lyon and until 2014, the church hosted the "French-speaking Orthodox parish of the Holy Encounter", a parish of the Orthodox Byzantine rite dependent on the patriarchate of Constantinople.

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The Place des Minimes is a square located in the 5th arrondissement of Lyon, France

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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)

The Ancient Theatre of Fourvière is a Roman theatre in Lyon, France. It was built on the hill of Fourvière, which is located in the center of the Roman city. The theatre is part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site protecting the historic center of Lyon.

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The basilical insula is the name given by its inventor Amable Audin to a site that hosted several Roman constructions, in the ancient district of Fourvière in Lyon, France. Overlooking the ancient theatre, it was excavated from 1925 onwards by several archaeologists and then largely excavated by Audin between 1965 and 1978. The identification of the ruins discovered has been the subject of various interpretations, both historical and speculative, but its purpose remains unknown. Thus, many names have been conferred on this complex space, including the Augustan basilical insula, the temple of Cybele, the sanctuary of Cybele, Agrippa's praetorium and the governor's palace.

Wikipedia: Sanctuaire de Cybèle (FR)

Parc des Hauteurs is an urban park on Fourvière hill in Lyon, France. It encompasses the public spaces between the basilique de Fourvière and Loyasse cemetery.

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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

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

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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.

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The Maison du Crible, also known as the "pink tower" because of its ochre-colored staircase, is a building located at 16 rue du Bœuf, in the 5th arrondissement of Lyon, France. Located in the heart of Old Lyon (Saint-Jean), it is one of the most remarkable buildings in the district because of its ochre color, the tower that adorns it and gives it its name. The most illustrious of the residents was the King of France Henri IV, who stayed there for a few days in 1600, when he married Marie de Medici, celebrated less than 300 meters from the house, at the primatial church of Saint-Jean. It has been classified as a historical monument since 1937. It is home to the French Orthodox parish. The restaurant La Tour rose, originally on the ground floor of the building and now moved to another address on rue du Bœuf, takes its name from the stair tower.

Wikipedia: Traboule de la Tour Rose (FR)

Gadagne and its two museums form a museum complex in Lyon, France. Located in the 5th arrondissement in the Saint-Jean district, one of the three districts of Old Lyon with Saint-Paul and Saint-Georges, it is located in the Hôtel des Pierrevive, renamed "Hôtel de Gadagne". Gadagne is home to two museums of France, the MHL - Musée d'Histoire de Lyon and the MAM - Musée des arts de la Marionnette, a small theater with a program of puppet theater shows and lectures, a shop, a café-restaurant, and a hanging garden overlooking the city.

Wikipedia: Musées Gadagne (FR), Website

The Charvet clock, also known as the "Guignol clock", is a clock installed since 1864 in Lyon, France.

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The Temple du Change or Loge du Change, formerly used for the stock exchange of Lyon, stands in Vieux Lyon. It was originally built after plans by architect Simon Gourdet between 1631 and 1653, then rebuilt under the direction of Jacques-Germain Soufflot in 1748–1750. It has been assigned to Protestant worship since 1803, hence its designation Temple. As part of Vieux Lyon, the building was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List along with other districts in the historic centre of Lyon.

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The Musée Miniature et Cinéma, formerly the Musée des miniatures et sets de cinéma, is a private museum founded in 2005 by the miniaturist artist Dan Ohlmann. It is located at 60 rue Saint-Jean in Lyon, housed in the listed historic building of the former Maison des avocats. Since December 8, 2021, it has been managed by Julien Dumont.

Wikipedia: Musée Miniature et Cinéma (FR), Website

The Maison du Chamarier, also known as Hôtel d'Estaing, is a house at 37 rue Saint-Jean in the 5th arrondissement of Lyon, at the corner of Rue de la Bombarde. It was built in 1498 but the ancient ruins are from the thirteenth century. From Latin cameriarus, the word "Chamarier" means the superintendent of the finances of the bishop of the Lyon Cathedral. He also owns the keys to the gates of the enclosure canonical. From the fifteenth century, he gathered the taxes collected during the fairs.

Wikipedia: Maison du Chamarier (EN)

Lyon Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church located on Place Saint-Jean in central Lyon, France. The cathedral is dedicated to Saint John the Baptist, and is the seat of the Archbishop of Lyon. Begun in 1180 on the ruins of a 6th-century church, it was completed in 1476. Despite its long construction time, it has a relatively consistent architectural style. In 1998, the building, along with other historic sites in the center of Lyon, was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

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The Church of Sainte-Croix in Lyon is a Catholic religious building destroyed in the nineteenth century. It is the northernmost church of the Lyon episcopal group, including the Saint-Jean cathedral and the former Saint-Étienne church, and the remains of its foundations can be seen in the adjoining archaeological park.

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

The church of Saint-Étienne de Lyon, destroyed after the French Revolution, is probably the oldest church in Lyon. It belongs to the cathedral group of Lyon and is located north of the primatial church of Saint-Jean and south of the church of Sainte-Croix. It includes the ancient baptistery that adjoined the cathedral.

Wikipedia: Église Saint-Étienne de Lyon (FR)

The Archiepiscopal Palace of Lyon, or Palais Saint-Jean, is a building of medieval origin located in the 5th arrondissement of Lyon. Home of 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 the municipal archives of Lyon.

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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)

Impasse Turquet is a small cul-de-sac in Lyon. It contains the oldest houses in the city with the oldest wooden balconies dating from between the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.

Wikipedia: Impasse Turquet (FR)

The Église Saint-Georges is a Roman Catholic church located on the Place François-Bertras, in the Vieux Lyon quarter, in the 5th arrondissement of Lyon. It is under the direction of the Primatiale parish and was named in honor of Saint George. The cathedral is near the Place Benoît-Crépu, between the quarter of the Quarantaine and Saint-Jean quarters.

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The Monument to Louis XIV is a bronze equestrian statue of Louis XIV made by the sculptor François-Frédéric Lemot located on the Place Bellecour in Lyon, dating from 1825. It has been listed as a historical monument since 25 March 2016.

Wikipedia: Statue équestre de Louis XIV (Lyon) (FR)

Stone Watcher is a sculpture by the sculptor Georges Salendre and the architect Louis Thomas, installed in 1948 at the intersection of rue Gasparin and place Bellecour in Lyon. It is a memorial to the French internal resistance recalling the assassination by the Germans of resistance fighters Albert Chambonnet, Gilbert Dru, Léon Pfeffer, René Bernard and Francis Chirat precisely at the location of the sculpture, on July 27, 1944.

Wikipedia: Veilleur de pierre (FR)

The Théâtre des Célestins is a theatre building on Place des Célestins in Lyon, France. It was designed by Gaspard André, and inaugurated in 1877, then in 2005. Alongside the Comédie-Française and the théâtre de l'Odéon, it is one of few theatres with over 200 years' continual usage in France. It is now a municipal theatre directly run by the City of Lyon. It has a contemporary and classical repertoire as well as producing new work.

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The Place des Jacobins is a square located in the 2nd arrondissement of Lyon. It was created in 1556 and a fountain was added in 1856. The square belongs to the zone classified as World Heritage Site by UNESCO. According to Jean Pelletier, this square is one of the most famous in Lyon, because of its location in the center of the 2nd arrondissement and its heavy traffic, as 12 streets lead here. The square, particularly its architecture and its features, has changed its appearance many times throughout years.

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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 it is attached to the Basilica of Saint Bonaventure and previously to the parish of Saint-Nizier.

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

The Église Saint-Bonaventure is one of the churches of the quarter Presqu'île, located on the Place des Cordeliers, in the 2nd arrondissement of Lyon. This is the only medieval building not demolished after the creation of the rue Impériale, under the Second Empire by the prefect Claude-Marius Vaïsse.

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The Church of Saint-Nizier is a church in the Presqu'île district of Lyon, France, in the 2nd arrondissement, between the Place des Terreaux and the Place des Jacobins. Its name refers to Nicetius of Lyon, a bishop of the city during the 6th century. Begun in the 14th century and only completed in the 19th century, the church contains a variety of architectural styles, ranging from the neo-Gothic spire to the classical Renaissance facade. In 1998, it was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List along with other historic buildings in Lyon.

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The Museum of Printing and Graphic Communication is one of the museums in Lyon whose main missions are to enrich, preserve, document and promote the book and graphic heritage to various audiences. Created in 1964, it is located in the Hôtel de la Couronne, at 13, rue de la Poulaillerie in the 2nd arrondissement of the city.

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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.

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The Chapel of the Holy Cross or Chapel of the Missionaries of Notre-Dame is a Byzantine-style building located in the 6th arrondissement of Lyon. Raised in memory of the victims of the siege of Lyon in 1793, it belongs to the Commission of the Religious Monument of Brotteaux, an association under the law of 1901.

Wikipedia: Chapelle Sainte-Croix de Lyon (FR)

The Église Saint-Pothin is a Roman Catholic church located in Lyon, France. The parish church sits on the left bank of the Rhône, in the 6th arrondissement of Lyon, at the Place Edgar Quinet. By order of 2 May 2007, the whole church was included in the supplementary inventory of monuments historiques.

Wikipedia: Église Saint-Pothin (EN)