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| France |
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Lyon |
Old City |
Guignol Museum |
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Guignol with his cudgel, his weapon of choice to beat his enemies. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
Old City |
Guignol Museum |
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Guignol with his creator. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
Old City |
Guignol Museum |
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Guignol (right), Gnafron and the policeman. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
Old City |
Guignol Museum |
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The museum has many puppets like this clown. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
Old City |
Guignol Museum |
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Puppets representing two signs of the Zodiac: Cancer and Pisces. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
Old City |
Guignol Museum |
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Tin Tin marionettes. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
Old City |
Guignol Museum |
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Micky Mouse and Pinoccio. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
Old City |
Guignol Museum |
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Witch. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
Old City |
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Gargoyle in the old Jewish quarter. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
Old City |
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Cafe culture in the Old City. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
Old City |
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Elegant shops. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
Old City |
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Small shops. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
Old City |
Guignol Theatre |
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The Guignol Theatre has puppet shows. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
Old City |
Guignol Theatre |
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A performance of the puppet show. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Enjoying a drink. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Richard Bellier, music photographer. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Basilica Notre Dame de Fouviere |
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The Basilica Notre Dame de Fouviere dominates the city on a hill above the Old City. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Basilica Notre Dame de Fouviere |
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Detail of the stonework. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Basilica Notre Dame de Fouviere |
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Three towers. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Basilica Notre Dame de Fouviere |
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The Basilica dates from the 19th century. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
Fouviere Hill |
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View of Lyon with the Rhone and Saone rivers from Fouviere Hill, the highest point in the city. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
Fouviere Hill |
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The Opera House and Hotel de Ville. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
Fouviere Hill |
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Place Bellecour, the centre of the city. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
Fouviere Hill |
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The Croix Rousse district. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Gallo-Roman Museum |
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The Roman Theatre on the hill above the city dates from 15 BCE and once housed ten thousand people. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Gallo-Roman Museum |
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The Odeon was used for poetry readings and musical recitals. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Gallo-Roman Museum |
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Mosaic showing Bacchus seated on a panther dating from 3rd century and found in 1911. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Gallo-Roman Museum |
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Silver goblet with Mercury and Gallic gods. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Gallo-Roman Museum |
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Octagonal mosaic found in an orchard in 1822. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Gallo-Roman Museum |
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3rd century funeral stone of two ladies of Lyon. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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The Fresque des Lyonnais is a seven storey mural of famous people from the city. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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The Museum of the French Resistance is set in the World War 2 headquarters of the infamous Gestapo commander, Klaus Barbie. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Lumiere Museum |
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The entrance to the Lumiere Museum. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Lumiere Museum |
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The museum is housed in the art nouveau home of Antoine Lumiere. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Lumiere Museum |
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The bedroom of Antoine Lumiere who moved to Lyon in 1870. He died here in 1911. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Lumiere Museum |
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The museum commemorates the development the world's first motion picture in 1895 by Auguste and Louis Lumiere. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Lumiere Museum |
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The living room is dominated by a large decorated window. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Lumiere Museum |
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Stereoscopic cameras from 1900 (left) and 1893. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Lumiere Museum |
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A movie camera dating from 1925. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Lumiere Museum |
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Photos of Auguste and Louis Lumiere, sons of Antoine. They set up the world's first movie industry. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
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Lumiere Museum |
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The Lumiere cinema company was based in the house until the late 1960s. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
River Saone |
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Bridge over the Saone River. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
River Saone |
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View of the city centre from the river. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
River Saone |
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Riverside houses in the city centre. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
River Saone |
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Pedestrain bridge using the same technology as the Golden Gate Bridge in San Fransisco. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
River Saone |
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Cave statue of a city benefactor. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
River Saone |
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View of the Fourviere district. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
River Saone |
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Fort St-Jean. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
River Saone |
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Houses in the north of the city. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
River Saone |
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House in a narrow forested part of the Saone River. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
River Saone |
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Riverside houses. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
River Saone |
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The city suburbs. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
River Saone |
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Houses set on the hilly banks. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
River Saone |
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Barbe Island is at the northern edge of the city. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
River Saone |
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House on Barbe Island. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
River Saone |
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Bride being photographed on Barbe Island. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
River Saone |
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Barbe Island is famous for the ruins of an old abbey hidden among the trees. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
Old City |
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Restaurants. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
Old City |
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Street fountain. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
Old City |
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Wine shop. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
Old City |
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Bouchon with lace curtains. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
Old City |
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Narrow cobbled streets. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
Old City |
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Medaeval stone buildings. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
Old City |
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Snack bar. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
Old City |
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Bouchon serving traditional meals. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
Old City |
World Puppets Museum |
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Lyon is famous for its puppets and there is a museum dedicated to them. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
Old City |
World Puppets Museum |
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Traditional Parisian puppets. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
Old City |
World Puppets Museum |
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19th century marionette of a knife sharpner. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
Old City |
World Puppets Museum |
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Guignol, a 19th century puppet show run by Laurent Mouduel. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
Old City |
World Puppets Museum |
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Puppet show poster from England. |
2012 |
| France |
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Lyon |
Old City |
World Puppets Museum |
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Tadanobu Sato, a Japanese puppet from 1889. |
2012 |
| France |
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Poleymieux |
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The village of Poleymieux au Mont d'Or. |
2012 |
| France |
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Poleymieux |
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Scenery around the village. |
2012 |
| France |
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Poleymieux |
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The upper part of the village. |
2012 |
| France |
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Poleymieux |
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Hilly countryside. |
2012 |
| France |
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Poleymieux |
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Ampere Museum |
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The museum is set in the house that Andre Ampere grew up in. |
2012 |
| France |
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Poleymieux |
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Ampere Museum |
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The house is surrounded by extensive gardens. |
2012 |
| France |
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Poleymieux |
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Ampere Museum |
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The museum is scattered over several buildings. |
2012 |
| France |
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Poleymieux |
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Ampere Museum |
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The museum celebrates the life of Andre Ampere (1775-1836) who discovered many of the laws of electricity. |
2012 |
| France |
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Poleymieux |
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Ampere Museum |
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Equipment to measure the effect of a moving current. |
2012 |
| France |
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Poleymieux |
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Ampere Museum |
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Equipment to measure the effect of an alternating electric current on a magnetic field. |
2012 |
| France |
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Poleymieux |
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Ampere Museum |
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The electromagnet is produced by wrapping wire around an iron bar. It was invented by Ampere. |
2012 |
| France |
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Poleymieux |
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Ampere Museum |
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Barlow's Wheel (1823) demonstrates the effect of a magnet on a moving current. |
2012 |
| France |
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Poleymieux |
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Ampere Museum |
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Leyden jars, the first capacitors for storing electricity. |
2012 |
| France |
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Poleymieux |
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Ampere Museum |
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The Faraday Cage. The closed metal structure protects anything inside from an electric current. |
2012 |
| France |
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Poleymieux |
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Ampere Museum |
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The Volta battery. It is made from metal plates alternating with acidic cloth or paper. |
2012 |
| France |
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Poleymieux |
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Ampere Museum |
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A room full of electromagnetic generators. |
2012 |
| France |
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Poleymieux |
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Ampere Museum |
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Elementary silicon, used in solar panels. |
2012 |
| France |
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Poleymieux |
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Ampere Museum |
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Solar panels made from silicon powering a model railway. |
2012 |
| France |
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Poleymieux |
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Ampere Museum |
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Lamps. |
2012 |
| France |
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Poleymieux |
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Ampere Museum |
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Cathode Ray Tube, the fore-runner of the television. |
2012 |
| France |
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Poleymieux |
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Ampere Museum |
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Neon light. |
2012 |
| France |
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Poleymieux |
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Ampere Museum |
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The Hughes Telegraph of 1885. |
2012 |
| France |
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Poleymieux |
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Ampere Museum |
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The Morse Telegraph of 1885. |
2012 |
| France |
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Poleymieux |
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Ampere Museum |
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Alexander Graham Bell's telephone from 1878. |
2012 |
| France |
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Poleymieux |
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Ampere Museum |
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Telephone from 1910. |
2012 |
| France |
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Poleymieux |
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Ampere Museum |
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Automatic telephone exchange. |
2012 |
| France |
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Poleymieux |
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Ampere Museum |
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Valves dating from 1930 to 1945. |
2012 |
| France |
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Poleymieux |
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Ampere Museum |
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Transistors. |
2012 |
| France |
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Poleymieux |
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Ampere Museum |
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Integrated circuit. |
2012 |
were added from 1 January 2023.