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| Panorama of Lyon from Fourviere Hill. Lyon, France. | . | . | . |
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| View of Lyon from Fourviere Hill. Lyon, France. | View of Lyon from Croix-Rousse area. Lyon, France. | Fourvière Hill seen from Soane River topped by Basilique Notre-Dame. Lyon, France. | Basilique Notre-Dame de Fourvière atop Fourvière Hill. Lyon, France.  |
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| Metallic tower of Fourvière Hill (1892-4) copied Eiffel Tower when started as observation platform, but now is strictly communications tower. Lyon, France. | Place Bellecoeur. Lyon, France. | Fourvière Hill above at Place Bellecoeur. Lyon, France. | Fourvière Hill seen from Place Bellecoeur. Lyon, France. |
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| Night view of Louis XIV equestrian monument on Place Bellecoeur with Fourvière Hill in distance. Lyon, France. | Night view of Fourvière Hill & cathedral. Lyon, France. | Louis XIV equestrian monument (1825) by François-Frédéric Lemot at Place Bellecoeur. Lyon, France. | Louis XIV monument (1825) by François-Frédéric Lemot at Place Bellecoeur. Lyon, France. |
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| Detail of bronze sculpture on base of Louis XIV equestrian monument at Place Bellecoeur. Lyon, France. | Surviving clock tower of hôpital de la Charité (demolished charity hospital) (17thC) at Place Bellecoeur. Lyon, France. | Buildings on Place Bellecoeur. Lyon, France. | Celestins Theater (1877) at Place des Celestins. Lyon, France. Architect: Gaspard André. |
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| Celestins Theater (1877) at Place des Celestins. Lyon, France. | Decoration on Celestins Theater. Lyon, France. | Bartholdi fountain (installed 1892) by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi at Place des Terreaux. Lyon, France. | Bartholdi fountain depicts France on chariot controlling horses symbolizing four great rivers of France presented at Exposition Universelle of 1889. Lyon, France. |
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| Horse & symbolic France figure on Bartholdi fountain at Place des Terreaux. Lyon, France. | Detail of horses head of Bartholdi fountain at Place des Terreaux. Lyon, France. | River horses emerging from symbolic river of France on Bartholdi fountain at Place des Terreaux. Lyon, France. | Bartholdi fountain detail with icicles. Lyon, France. |
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| Panorama of Place des Terreaux. Lyon, France. | . | . | . |
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| Lyon City Hall (Hôtel de Ville) (1645-51) with post-fire facade (1674) at Place des Terreaux. Lyon, France. Style: French Baroque. Architect: Simon Maupin then facade by Jules Hardouin-Mansart. | Half-relief of Henry IV of France on horseback which replaced of original Louis XIV after French Revolution & Restoration on Lyon City Hall (Hôtel de Ville) at Place des Terreaux. Lyon, France. | Clock tower atop Lyon City Hall (Hôtel de Ville) at Place des Terreaux. Lyon, France. | Detail of Jules Hardouin-Mansart's roofline for Lyon City Hall at Place des Terreaux. Lyon, France. |
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| Court of honor facade of Lyon City Hall (1674) seen from Opéra Nouvel theater. Lyon, France. | Gates of Court of honor facade of Lyon City Hall (1674). Lyon, France. | Detail of Jules Hardouin-Mansart's roofline for Lyon City Hall at Place des Terreaux. Lyon, France. | Court of honor facade of Lyon City Hall (1674) with modern infill building beyond. Lyon, France. |
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| Opéra Nouvel theater (1831 modernized 1993) opposite rear facade of Lyon City Hall. Lyon, France. | Facade detail of Opéra Nouvel theater (1831 modernized 1993) opposite rear facade of Lyon City Hall. Lyon, France. | Overview of Place des Terreaux. Lyon, France. | Galerie des Terreaux building on Place des Terreaux. Lyon, France. |
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| Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon (1801, 1834, 1878) on Place des Terreaux. Lyon, France. | Silk Condition Chamber (1814) wherein silk industry checked quality of fabrics to prevent fraud, now a cultural center library. Lyon, France. Architect: Joseph-Pascal Gay. | Entrance door of Silk Condition Chamber (1814) off Place des Terreaux. Lyon, France. | Plaque marking saving of silk industry through science finding cure to silk worm disease (1865-70) at Silk Condition Chamber. Lyon, France. |
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| Place Carnot. Lyon, France. | Monument (1889) to glory of French Republic on 100th anniversary by Émile Peynot at Place Carnot. Lyon, France. | Monument (1889) to glory of French Republic at Place Carnot. Lyon, France. | Residential building on Place Carnot. Lyon, France. |
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| Doorway of residential building on Place Carnot. Lyon, France. | Residential building on Place Carnot. Lyon, France. | Monument to J.M. Jacquard (1752-1834) inventor of first programmable loom at Place de la Croix-Rousse. Lyon, France. | Musées des Tissus et des Arts Décoratifs (MTMAD) shows fabric & silk weaving history of Lyon. Lyon, France. |
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| Palais de la Mutualité (1910-3) (1 place Antonin Jutard). Lyon, France. Architect: François Clermont. | Details of entrance glass overhang at Palais de la Mutualité building. Lyon, France. | Sculpted facade of antique building in Lyon. Lyon, France. | Square in Vieux Lyon (old town) at base of Fourvière Hill. Lyon, France. |
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| Bonze monument to scientist André-Marie Ampère in Vieux Lyon. Lyon, France. | Streetscape in Vieux Lyon. Lyon, France. | Shops & pub in Vieux Lyon. Lyon, France. | St John's Cathedral (12th-15thC) in Vieux Lyon. Lyon, France. |
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| Gargoyles & saints carved on entrance facade of St John's Cathedral. Lyon, France. | Interior of St John's Cathedral. Lyon, France. | Stained glass windows of St John's Cathedral. Lyon, France. | Astronomical clock (with sections 1598, 1660 & 1894) in St John's Cathedral. Lyon, France. |
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| 19th C upper sections of astronomical clock in St John's Cathedral. Lyon, France. | Astronomical clock face giving time, date, position of sun, moon & stars in St John's Cathedral. Lyon, France. | Astronomical clock face giving feastdays of saints in St John's Cathedral. Lyon, France. | Astronomical clock face in St John's Cathedral. Lyon, France. |
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| Bridge over Saône River near Musée des Confluences. Lyon, France. | Lyon Court of Appeal (1840s) at base of Fourvière Hill. Lyon, France. | Palais de Justice footbridge (1981) over Saône River. Lyon, France. Architect: Charles Delfante & de Gilbert Lamboley. | Palais de Justice footbridge (1981) over Saône River. Lyon, France. |
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| Le Vaporetto shuttle boat on Saône River. Lyon, France. | Tour boat on Saône River. Lyon, France. | Notre Dame Saint-Vincent church entrance on bank of Saône River. Lyon, France. | Footbridge over Saône River. Lyon, France. |
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| Riverscape over Saône River. Lyon, France. | National school of fine arts over Saône River. Lyon, France. | Government cultural offices (6 Quai Saint-Vincent) over Saône River. Lyon, France. | Heritage fortification (beside 6 Quai Saint-Vincent) over Saône River. Lyon, France. |
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| Heritage buildings along Saône River. Lyon, France. | Heritage buildings along Quai Saint-Vincent including Fresque des Lyonnais mural. Lyon, France. | Fresque des Lyonnais mural (1994-5) by CitéCréation shows notable citizens of Lyon. Lyon, France. | Quai Fulchiron streetscape of heritage buildings over Bonaparte bridge on Saône River. Lyon, France. |
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| Square towers of Cathédrale Saint-Jean-Baptiste above Bonaparte bridge over Saône River. Lyon, France. | Quai Fulchiron streetscape of heritage buildings. Lyon, France. | St Georges Catholic church (1848) on Saône River bank. Lyon, France. Style: Gothic Revival. Architect: Pierre Bossan. | Sculpture on Saône River bridge. Lyon, France. |
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| Houseboat on Saône River. Lyon, France. | Classical architecture along Saône River. Lyon, France. | Houseboat on Saône River. Lyon, France. | Railway bridge across Saône River. Lyon, France. |
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