Lyon's Roman theatre, built around 15 BC and enlarged in AD 120, sat an audience of 10,000. Romans held poetry readings and musical recitals in the smaller, adjacent odéon.
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Musée des Beaux-Arts
0.83 MILES
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Basilique Notre Dame de Fourvière
0.21 MILES
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Lyon Confluence
1.43 MILES
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Cathédrale St-Jean-Baptiste
0.37 MILES
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Musées Gadagne
0.47 MILES
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Place des Terreaux
0.85 MILES
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