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Basilique Notre Dame de Fourvière
Crowning Fourvière, Lyon's 'hill of prayer', and proffering a stunning city view from its terrace - is the Basilique Notre Dame de Fourvière, a superb example of the exaggerated enthusiasm for embellishment that dominated French ecclesiastical architecture in the late 19th century.
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Cathédrale St-Jean
Partly Romanesque, Cathédrale St-Jean, seat of Lyon's 133rd bishop, was built from the late 11th to the early 16th centuries. The portals of its Flamboyant Gothic façade (completed in 1480) are decorated with 280 square stone medallions (early 14th century). The astronomical clock in the north transept arm chimes at noon, , and .
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Grande Mosquée de Lyon
The Grande Mosquée de Lyon, 5km east of Presqu'île, fuses traditional North African architecture and calligraphy with contemporary Western styles.
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