LyonSights

Mural sights in Lyon

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    Fresque des Lyonnais

    Well-known Lyonnais peer out from this seven-storey mural, including loom inventor Joseph-Marie Jacquard (1752–1834), Renaissance poet Maurice Scève (c 1499–1560), superstar chef Paul Bocuse (b 1926), puppet Guignol, and the yellow-haired Little Prince, created by author/aviator Antoine de St-Exupéry (1900–44).

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  2. Mur du Cinéma

    Lyon's cinematic story is told in still-image form here in one of the city's many murals.

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  3. B

    Mur des Canuts

    Silk-weaving traditions are illustrated by this fresco.

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