Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #9 in Lyon, France
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6 km
98 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 LyonSight 1: Prison Montluc
Fort Montluc, also known as Fort de Villeurbanne, is a fort located in the 3rd arrondissement of Lyon. The fort was built in 1831 as part of the Ceintures de Lyon, which were a series of fortifications surrounding Lyon. It is currently used as a metropolitan police station.
Sight 2: Mémorial National de la Prison de Montluc
Montluc prison is a former prison located on rue Jeanne Hachette in the 3rd arrondissement of Lyon, France. It was known for being an internment, torture and killing place by the Gestapo during the occupation of France by the Nazis.
Sight 3: Musée Africain
The African Museum of Lyon is the oldest museum in France dedicated to Africa, and one of the oldest museums in Lyon. The collections specialise in West African objects. From 2012 to 2017, the museum was managed by a secular association, the Association du Musée Africain de Lyon. It closed on November 27, 2017. The space left free has been dedicated to the Carrefour des Cultures Africaines, which allows access to the library to be maintained.
Sight 4: Parc Jacob Kaplan
The Parc Jacob-Kaplan or Parc de la Buire is a park in Lyon with a surface area of 5,000 m2, located in the Buire district of the 3rd arrondissement of Lyon. It bears the name of Jacob Kaplan, resistance fighter and then chief rabbi of France from 1955 to 1980. The park is marked in a significant way by hydraulic features and an artificial moat for rainwater infiltration.
Sight 5: Fresque Agir pour la biodiversité
The list of painted walls in Lyon is a non-exhaustive list of exterior wall paintings in the Rhône department and the metropolis of Lyon. In common parlance, these "painted walls" are also called trompe-l'oeil or fresco.
Sight 6: Église de l'Annonciation
The Annunciation church is a Greek Orthodox church located in Lyon rue d'Athenes in the 7th arrondissement. It depends on the patriarchy of Constantinople and the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of France. It is dedicated to the Annunciation.
Sight 7: Parc Sergent Blandan
Parc Sergent Blandan, also shortened to Parc Blandan, is an urban park in the 7th arrondissement of Lyon in Lyon, France, adjacent to Cimetière de la Guillotière Ancien. With an area of 17 hectares, the park opened to the public on 13 September 2013 at the location of Caserne sergent Blandan, a military barracks previously known as "Fort Lamothe".
Sight 8: Château de La Motte
Château de La Motte is a French castle that is also known as The castle of La Motte or just La Mothe. It is located in the 7th arrondissement of Lyon, on the left bank of the Rhône. It stands near the junction of two ancient roads of eastern and southern Lyon, on the border between the Dauphiné and Lyonnais. It occupies a small hill created in Gallo-Roman times for flood protection and because of good visibility.
Sight 9: Hangar du Premier-Film
The Hangar du Premier-Film is the last vestige of the Lumière factories, located in Lyon, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. It is located on Rue du Premier Film, which was then called Chemin Saint-Victor, in the Montplaisir district. It has been classified as a historical monument since 2 December 1994.
Sight 10: Villa des Frères Lumière
Villa Lumière is a house located in Lyon, in the metropolis of Lyon.
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