Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon

Museums and Interpretive Centers

Themes in brief ...
Archeology, decorative arts, fine arts, non-European cultures. Major assets ...
Encyclopedic Museum with specific themes : Egypt, Greece, as well as the nineteenth century. Artists ...
Antoine Louis Barye, Antoine Berjon, Pierre Bonnard, François Boucher, Georges Braque, Le Brun, Antonio Canova, Philippe de Champaigne, Puvis de Chavanne, Joseph Chinard, Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, Pietro da Cortona, Gustave Courbet, Honoré Daumier, Olivier Debré, Edgar Degas, Eugène Delacroix, Jean Dubuffet, van Dyck, Étienne Maurice Falconet, Hippolyte Flandrin, Paul Gauguin, Vincent van Gogh, Jean Baptiste Greuze, Théodore Géricault, Jean Antoine Houdon, Jammot, Jawlensky, Jacob Jordaens, Jean Jouvenet, Edouard Manet, André Masson, Henri Matisse, Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso, Guido Reni, Auguste Renoir, Auguste Rodin, Peter Paul Rubens, Nicolas De Staël, Stella, Antoni Tapiès, Simon Vouet, Francisco de Zurbaran, Le Guerchin , Le Pérugin , Rembrandt, Véronèse , le Tintoret.

Musée des Tissus et des Arts Décoratifs

Museums and Interpretive Centers

Themes in brief ...
Decorative Arts, technology and industry. Major assets ...
Coptic tapestries; fabrics of the Persian Sassanian, Byzantine, Muslim , Chinese, Japanese worlds; carpet ; silk. Collections of "decorative arts", to discover the history of Decorative Arts from the middle ages to the contemporary period: parts of the Oeben , Roussel, Topino, Riesener, Canoe, Nogaret, Hach cabinetmakers . Artists ...
Roger Chastel, Sonia Delaunay, Raoul Dufy, Hache, Jacquard, Lelièvre, Nogaret, Jean François Oeben, Riesener, Philippe de La Salle, Tassinari.

Musée de l'Imprimerie

Museums and Interpretive Centers

Themes in brief ...
Decorative Art, history, technical and industry. Major assets ...
500 French and foreign bonds from l'Imprimerie Arnaud in Lyon. The graphics hardware: a Linotype from the 20's, a vertical Heidelberg in its authentic decor from the early twentieth century ... A collection of printing plates: 600 woodblocks of the XVI and XVII centuries used in printing the bible. 104 woodblocks carved by Gustave Dore to illustrate the works of Rabelais ... Artists ...
Gustave Dore, Gutenberg.

Musée gallo-romain de Lyon-Fourvière

Museums and Interpretive Centers

Themes in brief ...
Archeology. Major assets ...
Archaeological objects discovered in the region, capital of la Gaul (inscriptions, statues, mosaics and objects of daily life).

Rue Saint-Jean

Architecture and Heritage

The street in brief ...
This is the main street of Vieux-Lyon , it's lined with remarkable buildings.

Musée Gadagne

Museums and Interpretive Centers

Themes in brief ...
Archeology, decorative arts, ethnology, history. Major assets ...
Historical Evocation of Lyon, from the Middle Ages to the nineteenth century, through archaeological remains, sculptures, paintings, furniture, faience and pewter ware.

Maison des Avocats

Architecture and Heritage

La maison in brief ...
XVI century set, Italian-inspired, which houses the international museum of Minature painting and film sets.

Primatiale Saint-Jean - Cathédrale Saint-Jean-Baptiste

Churches, Abbeys and Chapels

The primatiale Saint John in brief ...
La primatiale St-jean , also called cathedral is a church of roman and gothic style built between 1180 and 1480. Dedicated for Saint-Etienne , while its baptistery was so for Saint-Jean -Baptiste, it is more known under the name of St. John's. Not to be missed ...
The facade of the XIV century,la grande rose envisioned by Jacques de Beaujeu in 1392, the astronomical clock, built in 1598 by Nicolas Lippius. For the little story ...
The word "primatiale" comes from the term "primate of the Gauls" which means the archbishop of Lyon.

Basilique de Fourvière

Churches, Abbeys and Chapels

The basilica in brief ...
The Notre-Dame Basilica was built in 1872 in a gothic and Byzantine style, by Pierre Bossan, after the war against Prussia .

Parc archéologique de Fourvière

Prehistory and Archeology

The park in brief ...
Discover this great excavation site in the ancient theater of Fourviere, where archaeological gallo-roman objects have been extracted .

Rue Mercière

Architecture and Heritage

The street in brief ...
You should find vestiges of old shops, arcades ... There you will discover many excellent stoppers and traditional pubs, where you can taste the specialties of Lyon: salade lyonnaise, cervelle de canut, saucisson de Lyon, quenelles de brochets, andouillette and gratin dauphinois...

Grande-Côte

Architecture and Heritage

The street in brief ...
Climb up this side and get a very nice view on the city from the lovely garden.

Parc de la Tête d'Or

Parks, Gardens and Arboretums

The park in brief ...
This charming waterfront park is the largest green space in the city. Not to be missed ...
The Rosery contest containing 350 species, the zoological garden, the greenhouses, the botanical garden ...