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Saint Polycarpe
Category: Sightseeing + Tours
25 Rue Rene Leynaud, Lyon, 69001

Going up the Rue de l'Abbe Rozier from the Place du Forez, you come out of the Rue Rene Leynaud to see the immense façade of the church of Saint Polycarpe: this sight...

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Saint-Francois de Sales
Category: Sightseeing + Tours
11 Rue Auguste Comte, Lyon, 69002

Benoir and Dulin were the two architects charged with the task of building this church which is crammed into the antiques and art centre of Lyon. The architects took their lead from the classical churches and therefore c...   more

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Saint-Georges
Category: Sightseeing + Tours
53 Rue St-Georges, Lyon, 69005

Saint-Irenee
Category: Sightseeing + Tours
57 rue des Macchabees, Lyon, 69005

St. Irenaeus (125-202) was born in Asia Minor and became a priest under the first bishop of Lyon. He was on an errand in Rome when persecution broke out in Lyon, and when he returned he took the place of the martyred Bis...   more

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Saint-Jean-Apotre
Category: Sightseeing + Tours
29 Rue Alexis-Carrel, Lyon, 69008

Architect A. Chomel was instructed to design a modern church in the mid 1960s. This task must have been quite overwhelming as the majority of the area is dominated by neo-gothic, classical and renaissance architecture. I...   more

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Saint-Laurent de Choulans
Category: Sightseeing + Tours
Montee de Choulans, Quai de Fulchiron, Lyon, 69005

This is one of several exciting archaeological discoveries that have been made in the city of Lyon. It wasn’t until the construction of the new highway out of the city was started, that builders stumbled upon these remai...   more

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Saint-Nom-de-Jesus
Category: Sightseeing + Tours
91 Rue Tete d'Or, Lyon, 69006

This fine abbey was constructed in the style of a late Middle Ages church, although it was designed by L. Bresson, quite significantly after this period ended. The fascinating structure makes it one of the stand out chur...   more

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Saint-Pothin
Category: Sightseeing + Tours
127 Rue de Crequi, Lyon, 69006

Like the Paris Panthenon designed by Soufflot, Saint Pothin is a church disguised as a Greek-Roman temple! Jokes aside, C. Crepet's overall inspiration for building a church...

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Sainte-Marie-de-la-Tourette
Category: Sightseeing + Tours
La Tourette, Eveux, 69210

...the wall has been built to a double thickness for visual effect and the roof, which appears to be suspended, actually rests on a forest of supports. More brutal and austere is the convent of Sainte-Marie-de-la-Tourett...   more

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Saone
Category: Sightseeing + Tours
Quai Funcheron, (A7), Lyon

stretches from beyond the book sellers up to pont Bonaparte. For those who prefer walking and swimming to bargain hunting, we recommend you go northwards up the Saône towards

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