Grand Aquarium de Lyon

Animal Parks

The aquarium in brief ...
Discover different marine species from around the world: freshwater fish, of African lakes and tropical seas...

Quartier des Célestins

Architecture and Heritage

The neighborhood in brief ...
Discover la place des Célestins with its remarkable theater of Italian style as well as le parking des Célestins with its beautiful architecture.

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).

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.

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 .

Atelier de soierie vivante

Museums and Interpretive Centers

The workshop in brief ...
Learn about silk trade in a workshop of trimming and an other of weaving .