Architecture sights in Burgundy & The Rhône
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Medieval & Renaissance Architecture
Lovely old buildings line rue du Bœuf, rue St-Jean and rue des Trois Maries. Crane your neck upwards to see gargoyles and other cheeky stone characters carved on window ledges along rue Juiverie, home to Lyon’s Jewish community in the Middle Ages.
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Maison Millière
Figures of an owl and a cat perch high atop the roof of the 15th-century Maison Millière, which was a setting in the 1990 film Cyrano de Bergerac with Gérard Depardieu.
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Cité Internationale
The northern realms of the Parc de la Tête d'Or sit snug against the brick-and-glass Cité Internationale designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano to host the G7 summit in 1996.
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rue Juiverie
Crane your neck upwards to see gargoyles and other cheeky stone characters carved on window ledges along rue Juiverie, home to Lyon's Jewish community in the Middle Ages.
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Maison des Cariatides
Maison des Cariatides, its facade a riot of stone caryatids, soldiers and vines, is quite fine.
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