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Hôtel de Ville
The Hôtel de Ville, fronting the place des Terreaux was built in 1655 but given its present ornate façade in 1702; get a bird's-eye view of its lovely interior courtyard from Les Muses.
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Lyon Confluence
The Lyon Confluence - the spot where the Rhône and the Saône meet south of Gare de Perrache - is the city's most exciting urban space. An industrial wasteland for decades, the riverside site is now the subject of a mammoth around €780 million rejuvenation project.
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Mur des Canuts
Historically, the old quarter of Croix Rousse is famed for its silk-weaving tradition, illustrated by the Mur des Canuts on the side of an apartment block. Following the introduction of the mechanical Jacquard loom in 1805, Lyonnais canuts (silk weavers) built workshops in this quarter with large windows to let in light and hefty wood-beamed ceilings more than 4m high to accommodate the huge new machines. Most of these workshops are today chic loft apartments.
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Mur du Cinéma
The Mur du Cinéma - a painted wall - recaps Lyon's marvellous cinematic story in still-image form.
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Opera House
Lyon's neoclassical opera house was built in 1832 and topped with its striking glass-domed roof by French architect Jean Nouvel in 1993.
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Palais de Justice
Vieux Lyon (Old Lyon), with its cobblestone streets and medieval and Renaissance houses below Fourvière hill, is divided into three quarters: St-Paul at the northern end, St-Jean in the middle and St-Georges in the south. Facing the river in Old Lyon is the grandiose Palais de Justice.
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