Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #9 in Lyon, France

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Tour Facts

Number of sights 10 sights
Distance 6 km
Ascend 104 m
Descend 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 Lyon

Sight 1: Prison Montluc

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Prison MontlucThis picture belongs to Xavier Caré. Please credit : Xavier Caré / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA. If you would like special permission to use, license, or purchase the image please contact me to negotiate terms. I'd appreciate if you could let me know about it or mail me ( xavier.carepm.me) if you want to use this picture out of the Wikimedia project scope. / CC BY-SA 3.0

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.

Wikipedia: Fort Montluc (EN)

9 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 2: Mémorial National de la Prison de Montluc

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Mémorial National de la Prison de MontlucThis picture belongs to Xavier Caré. Please credit : Xavier Caré / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA. If you would like special permission to use, license, or purchase the image please contact me to negotiate terms. I'd appreciate if you could let me know about it or mail me ( xavier.carepm.me) if you want to use this picture out of the Wikimedia project scope. / CC BY-SA 3.0

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.

Wikipedia: Montluc prison (EN), Website

444 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 3: Musée Africain

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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.

Wikipedia: African Museum of Lyon (EN), Website

428 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 4: Parc Jacob Kaplan

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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.

Wikipedia: Parc Jacob-Kaplan (FR)

1429 meters / 17 minutes

Sight 5: Fresque Agir pour la biodiversité

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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.

Wikipedia: Liste de murs peints lyonnais (FR)

260 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 6: Église de l'Annonciation

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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.

Wikipedia: Église grecque de l'Annonciation de Lyon (FR)

1180 meters / 14 minutes

Sight 7: Parc Sergent Blandan

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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".

Wikipedia: Parc Sergent Blandan (EN)

333 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 8: Château de La Motte

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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.

Wikipedia: Château de La Motte (Lyon) (EN)

1876 meters / 23 minutes

Sight 9: Hangar du Premier-Film

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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.

Wikipedia: Hangar du Premier-Film (FR)

63 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 10: Villa des Frères Lumière

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Villa Lumière is a house located in Lyon, in the metropolis of Lyon.

Wikipedia: Villa Lumière (FR)

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