Fresque des Lyonnais

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Lyon, France, 04-23-2024: people looking at Fresque des Lyonnais (Fresco of the Lyonnais), mural by the artistic collective Cite de la Creation celebrating the most influential historic city figures, License Type: media, Download Time: 2026-06-24T17:47:37.000Z, User: LP_ZRay, Editorial: true, purchase_order: 65050 - Digital Destinations and Articles, job: Lonely Planet, client: App Content, other: Zayira Ray

Well-known Lyonnais peer out from this beautifully executed 7-story mural, including loom inventor Joseph-Marie Jacquard (1752–1834), Renaissance poet Maurice Scève (c 1500–60), superstar chef Paul Bocuse (1926–2018), the puppet Guignol, and the yellow-haired Little Prince, created by author-aviator Antoine de St-Exupéry (1900–44).

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