This street's name recalls the day when a draper discovered some bronze tablets in a vine which were engraved with the speech made by Emperor Claudius in favour of the Gauls in front of the Roman Senate in 48. The tables are today on show at the Muse..

It is around Place Bellecour, on this peninsula between the Saône and Rhône rivers, that Lyon's main districts are located, and where the city’s main commercial activities have been established for many centuries. The peninsula is crossed by two main..

Saint Bonaventure, the glory of the Franciscan order died during the Lyon Assembly of 1274. The church in its simplicity bears witness to the respect that Franciscans have for all forms of poverty.

This courtyard endowed with a most impressive staircase, was where the silk-workers guild held their meetings in the 19C

Despite the obvious changes, this street has preserved some interesting houses on the even number side, such as No. 18 which has a superb arched corridor and No.14, the house of Claude de Bourg, built in 1516. The street ends at Saint-Paul square.

This is the old site of the drapery which was used in the 15 and 16C by moneychangers. The Loge du Change (today a renovated temple) was transformed around about 1750 by Soufflot, Opposite at No. 2, la maison Thomassin has a beautiful façade construc..

The cinemas and brasseries of the Rue de la République ensure a constant state of liveliness is this pedestrian area, drawing in the crowds. The Buildings are distinctly 19C Lyonnais in their architecture, with facades pierced with high windows with ..

This amphitheatre is believed to have been built in 19 BC to unite delegates from sixty Gaul tribes. Hadrian later enlarged it and history has it that St Blandine was tortured here in 177. The North part of the podium which supported the terraces has..

In the 2nd courtyard of this hotel you will see the superb gallery built in 1536 by Philibert Delorme, the master of the French Renaissance in Lyon.

Here there is a long ogive covered passageway you can go through that leads you to the hôtel du Gouvernement at No. 2 (from there you can get to the quai Romain Rolland through the traboules). The façade of No 5. with its doorway surmounted by wrough..

On a slope, this narrow lane, which was used as an storm drain in the Middle Ages, joins up with Saint-Barthélémy rise (montée Saint-Barthélémy).

This superb collection of puppets (rod, string, hand and shadow) from France, Belgium, Holland, Venice, Turkey, Russia, England and the Far East highlights the incredible variety of this art form. Guignol and several other characters created by Laure..

This «montée» (climb) will take you to the Saint-Barthélémy rise. On this climb you can see the spires of Saint-Nizier cathedral which rise up amidst the buildings bordering the River Saône.

Here along the rue des Trois-Maries, which takes its name from the statuette of the Virgin with the two women saints in the alcove at No.7, you can take the «traboules» passages along the odd number side of the street towards the Saône. You can acces..

You can get to the metal tower of Fourvière by taking one of the two «montées» with steps (the first made up of 238 steps and the second of 560 steps)

This street which became a square under the Consulate is marked at one end by the sign of the rue du Boeuf and at the other by a statue of St. John the Baptist in an alcove. There is a house with a beautiful staircase surmounted on pitched arches.

With its 365 windows, the maison Brunet at numbers 5 and 6, is a typical Lyonnais silkworkers house. The square gives you a nice glance over Lyon; of the belfry which rises up from the red roofs of the peninsular, the Crédit Lyonnais building which d..

Here in the square you can see the majestic Jacobean fountain, which was erected in 1886, honouring four prestigious French artists: the architect Philibert Delorme, the painter Hippolyte Flandrin, the sculptor Guillaume Coustou and the engraver Géra..

The glaciers of the Quaternary period which shaped the site of Lyon left this erratic block.

Lined with imposing bourgeois buildings and shaded by plane trees, this quay which provides the setting for a lively market is a nice walk alongside the Rhône.