Lyon Travel Tips, France

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Silk workshop
Silk is manufactured in Lyon since the 16th century. They make beautiful things of skill, it must be one of the best jobs. :) The workshop can be visited only by groups of 40-50 people, but if you have the chance to get into a group, [...]
D: 1.5mi00
Historical Museum and Puppet Museum
The two museums are in the same building, one of the most impressive Renaissance mansions in Lyon built at the beginning of the 16the century. The Historical Museum of Lyon is like telling the story of the city and its people from the [...]
D: 1.2mi00
Place Bellecour
Place Bellecour is one of the largest squares in Europe. It is located between the rivers Rhone and Saone and it's really huge. Right in the center of the square you will find the statue of King Luis XIV on horseback created by the [...]
D: 0.8mi00
Hotel de Ville
The City Hall was built in its present form by Jules Hardouin-Mansart in the year 1700. Check the gardens inside. No public access inside the building [...]
D: 1.6mi00
Local roman museum
If you are at Lyon, you shoould visit the roman museum. It´is well done regarding the museums exhibiton and it also has got an open air area. There you can see a piece of the roman city Lugdunum, today Lyon. It´s worth avisit. [...]
D: 1mi00
Musee Historique des Tissus
The most important museum shows pieces of textil art. Besides modern pieces are a lot of hundreds of years old exemplars too. [...]
D: 0.6mi00
Basilique Saint-Martin-d'Ainay
Lion's oldest church, inauguration in 1107 is built in roman style. The round pillars are from a church form Rome. [...]
D: 0.6mi10
Cathedrale Saint-Jean
Built from the 12th to the 14th century. It's a mixture of roman and gothic style. [...]
D: 1.1mi00
Roman museum
Visit the archaeological museum of Lyon. It has got a good open air part, with partly restored city quarters. Tel.: 04 72 38 81 90 [...]
D: 1mi00

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Lyon Sights

•The Decorative Arts Museum in Lyon was founded in 1925 in what was previously the Lacroix-Laval Mansion. It houses a large selection of intricate furniture and woodwork, ceramics and china, and an impressive collection of Renaissance Italian majolica. The Museum also displays a collection of unusual straw-inlay work. •The Museum of Fine Arts in the centre of Lyon is housed in what used to be the Abbey of the Ladies of Saint Pierre. This is home to one of France’s largest art collections and displays are from ancient Greece and Egypt, works from the Middle Ages, as well as more modern and contemporary art work. [...]

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