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| France |
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Lyon |
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Museum of Decorative Arts |
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The Museum of Decorative Arts and the Textile Museum are set in a large mansion. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Museum of Decorative Arts |
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The courtyard. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Place Antonin Poncet is dominated by a bell tower. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
Place Bellecour |
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Place Bellecour is one of Europe's largest public squares. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
Place Bellecour |
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The square was laid out in the 17th century. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
Place Bellecour |
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Equestrian statue of Louis XIV. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
Place Bellecour |
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The square is the centre of Lyon. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
Place Bellecour |
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The old city overlooks the square. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
Place Bellecour |
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The Basilica Notre Dame de Fourviere from the square. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
Place Louis Predel |
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People relaxing in Place Louis Predel. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
Place Louis Predel |
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The Opera House dates from 1831. The glass dome was added in 1993. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
Place Louis Predel |
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Modern sculpture. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
Place Louis Predel |
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Hotel de Ville is the city hall dating from 1655. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
Place des Terreaux |
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Front view of the Hotel de Ville. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
Place des Terreaux |
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Place des Terreaux is a large paved square. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
Place des Terreaux |
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The square is dominated by the large 21 tonne lead fountain sculptured by Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, who also created the USA's Statue of Liberty. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
Place des Terreaux |
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The lead fountain has four horses pulling a chariot. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
Place des Terreaux |
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Detail of one of the lead horses in the central fountain. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Museum of Beaux Arts |
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The Museum of Beaux Arts is set in a building with a large courtyard. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Museum of Beaux Arts |
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"Spring" from the Poem of Love series of paintings by Louis Janmot. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Museum of Beaux Arts |
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"Ray of Sunshine" by Louis Janmot (from the Poem of Love series). |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Museum of Beaux Arts |
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"On the Mountain" by Louis Janmot (Poem of Love series). |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Museum of Beaux Arts |
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"The Whole Family" by Louis Janmot is another in the Poem of Love series. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Museum of Beaux Arts |
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"Painter in the Roussillon Valley" (1879) by Francoise Miel. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Museum of Beaux Arts |
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"The Grand Canal of Venice" (late 1730s) by Bernado Bellotto. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Museum of Beaux Arts |
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"Woman of Charity" (1775), Jean-Baptiste Greuze. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Museum of Beaux Arts |
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"Flower of the Fields" (1845) by Louis Janmot. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Museum of Beaux Arts |
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"The Gardener" (1837) by Simon Saint-Jean. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Museum of Beaux Arts |
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"Kitchen Table with Game and Vegetables" (early 17th century) by Frans Snyders. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Museum of Beaux Arts |
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"The Circumcision" (1646) by Guerchin. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Museum of Beaux Arts |
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"The Ricotta Eaters" (c1580) by Vincento Campi. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Museum of Beaux Arts |
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"Vanity" (1946) by Pablo Picasso. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Museum of Beaux Arts |
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"Woman Seated on the Beach" (1937), Pablo Picasso. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Museum of Beaux Arts |
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"The Bridge of Labastide-du-Vert" (c1909), Henri Martin. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Museum of Beaux Arts |
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"Nave Nave Mahama" (1896) by Paul Gauguin. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Museum of Beaux Arts |
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"The Kiss" (c1882) is a bronze by Auguste Rodin. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Museum of Beaux Arts |
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"The Age of Bronze" (c1877) by Auguste Rodin. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Museum of Beaux Arts |
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"Woman Playing the Guitar" (1897) by Pierre-Auguste Renoir. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Museum of Beaux Arts |
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"Coco Drawing" by Pierre-Auguste Renoir. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Museum of Beaux Arts |
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Detail of "The Thames at Charring Cross", a 1903 painting by Claude Monet. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Museum of Beaux Arts |
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"Spring" (1882) by Claude Monet. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Museum of Beaux Arts |
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"Kew Green" (1892) by Camille Pissarro. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Museum of Beaux Arts |
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"Rough Sea at Etretat" (1883) by Claude Monet. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Museum of Beaux Arts |
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"Climbing Chemin" (1870), Alfred Sisley. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Museum of Beaux Arts |
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"Roses" (c1889) by Henri Fantin-Lantour. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Museum of Beaux Arts |
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"Pont-Neuf" (1902) by Camille Pissarro. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Museum of Beaux Arts |
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"Entrance to the Guillotiere Bridge in the Rain", a 1879 painting by Nicolas Sicard. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Museum of Beaux Arts |
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"Reflections of the Sun" (1895) by Joseph Bail. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Museum of Beaux Arts |
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"Bridge over the Huveaune" (c1872) by Adolphe Monticelli. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Museum of Beaux Arts |
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"Peasant with a Green Scarf" (1885) by Vincent van Gogh. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Museum of Beaux Arts |
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"Bathers" (c1900) by Paul Cezanne. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Museum of Beaux Arts |
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"Serenity" (c1899) by Henri Martin. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Museum of Beaux Arts |
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"Entrance to the Main Road at Argenteuil in Winter" by Claude Monet. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Museum of Beaux Arts |
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Detail of the Claude Monet painting "Entrance to the Main Road at Argenteuil in Winter". |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Museum of Beaux Arts |
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Egyptian sarcophagi. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Museum of Beaux Arts |
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Painted Egyptian coffin. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Museum of Beaux Arts |
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Mummified Egyptian head from the 2nd century. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Green and red coloured deserts in a shop window. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Newspaper kiosk. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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The irregular square at Croix Rousse. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Croix Rousse used to be the silk weavers' district of Lyon. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Maison des Canuts |
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The Maison des Canuts is a museum set in one of the original weaving houses in the Croix Rousse district. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Maison des Canuts |
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Weaving was revolutionised by the invention of punch cards to program the sequence. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Maison des Canuts |
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Detail of weaving punch cards. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Maison des Canuts |
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Bobins and threads. Weavers were called canuts from the word for bobbin (canette). |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Maison des Canuts |
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Silk threads. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Maison des Canuts |
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Silk weaving of two nuns. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Maison des Canuts |
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Silk weaving of Winston Churchill. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Buildings in the city centre. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Street scene in the city centre. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Carousel. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Printing Museum |
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The Printing Museum is set in an old castle. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Printing Museum |
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The multi-story courtyard. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Printing Museum |
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Moveable type. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Printing Museum |
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Printing press. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Printing Museum |
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Example of an engraving with the block. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Printing Museum |
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Botanical engraving. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Printing Museum |
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Advertising hats produced by engraving. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Printing Museum |
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Copper engraving. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Printing Museum |
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Detail of copper engraving. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Printing Museum |
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Lithographic machine. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Printing Museum |
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Lithographic monochrome book cover. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Printing Museum |
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Lithograph of a printers. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Printing Museum |
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Large camera for posters. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Printing Museum |
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Typewriter. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Printing Museum |
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Cover of a children's game from the early 1900s. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Printing Museum |
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Colour advertising poster. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Printing Museum |
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The Lumitype was developed in Lyon in 1944. It replaced movable type with light. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Printing Museum |
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Electronic printing. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Lyon is full of elegant buildings. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Shaving shop. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Hat shop. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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View of the River Rhone. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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The Guillotiere Bridge over the Rhone. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
Rue des Marronniers |
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Rue des Marronniers is a narrow pedestrian street in the city centre. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
Rue des Marronniers |
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Rue des Marronniers is full of buchons, traditional eating houses. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
Rue des Marronniers |
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Buchons traditionally write their specials on blackboards. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
Rue des Marronniers |
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Interior of a buchon. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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The River Saone is overlooked by the Old City. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Pedestrian bridge over the River Saone. |
2012 |
were added from 1 January 2023.