| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
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| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Museum of Decorative Arts
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The Museum of Decorative Arts and the Textile Museum are set in a large mansion.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Museum of Decorative Arts
|
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The courtyard.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
|
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Place Antonin Poncet is dominated by a bell tower.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
District : Place Bellecour
|
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Place Bellecour is one of Europe's largest public squares.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
District : Place Bellecour
|
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The square was laid out in the 17th century.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
District : Place Bellecour
|
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Equestrian statue of Louis XIV.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
District : Place Bellecour
|
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The square is the centre of Lyon.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
District : Place Bellecour
|
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The old city overlooks the square.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
District : Place Bellecour
|
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The Basilica Notre Dame de Fourviere from the square.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
District : Place Louis Predel
|
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People relaxing in Place Louis Predel.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
District : Place Louis Predel
|
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The Opera House dates from 1831. The glass dome was added in 1993.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
District : Place Louis Predel
|
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Modern sculpture.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
District : Place Louis Predel
|
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Hotel de Ville is the city hall dating from 1655.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
District : Place des Terreaux
|
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Front view of the Hotel de Ville.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
District : Place des Terreaux
|
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Place des Terreaux is a large paved square.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
District : 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.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
District : Place des Terreaux
|
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The lead fountain has four horses pulling a chariot.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
District : Place des Terreaux
|
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Detail of one of the lead horses in the central fountain.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Museum of Beaux Arts
|
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The Museum of Beaux Arts is set in a building with a large courtyard.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Museum of Beaux Arts
|
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"Spring" from the Poem of Love series of paintings by Louis Janmot.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Museum of Beaux Arts
|
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"Ray of Sunshine" by Louis Janmot (from the Poem of Love series).
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Museum of Beaux Arts
|
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"On the Mountain" by Louis Janmot (Poem of Love series).
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Museum of Beaux Arts
|
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"The Whole Family" by Louis Janmot is another in the Poem of Love series.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Museum of Beaux Arts
|
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"Painter in the Roussillon Valley" (1879) by Francoise Miel.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Museum of Beaux Arts
|
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"The Grand Canal of Venice" (late 1730s) by Bernado Bellotto.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Museum of Beaux Arts
|
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"Woman of Charity" (1775), Jean-Baptiste Greuze.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Museum of Beaux Arts
|
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"Flower of the Fields" (1845) by Louis Janmot.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Museum of Beaux Arts
|
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"The Gardener" (1837) by Simon Saint-Jean.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Museum of Beaux Arts
|
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"Kitchen Table with Game and Vegetables" (early 17th century) by Frans Snyders.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Museum of Beaux Arts
|
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"The Circumcision" (1646) by Guerchin.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Museum of Beaux Arts
|
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"The Ricotta Eaters" (c1580) by Vincento Campi.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Museum of Beaux Arts
|
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"Vanity" (1946) by Pablo Picasso.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Museum of Beaux Arts
|
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"Woman Seated on the Beach" (1937), Pablo Picasso.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Museum of Beaux Arts
|
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"The Bridge of Labastide-du-Vert" (c1909), Henri Martin.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Museum of Beaux Arts
|
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"Nave Nave Mahama" (1896) by Paul Gauguin.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Museum of Beaux Arts
|
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"The Kiss" (c1882) is a bronze by Auguste Rodin.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Museum of Beaux Arts
|
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"The Age of Bronze" (c1877) by Auguste Rodin.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Museum of Beaux Arts
|
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"Woman Playing the Guitar" (1897) by Pierre-Auguste Renoir.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Museum of Beaux Arts
|
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"Coco Drawing" by Pierre-Auguste Renoir.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Museum of Beaux Arts
|
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Detail of "The Thames at Charring Cross", a 1903 painting by Claude Monet.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Museum of Beaux Arts
|
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"Spring" (1882) by Claude Monet.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Museum of Beaux Arts
|
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"Kew Green" (1892) by Camille Pissarro.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Museum of Beaux Arts
|
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"Rough Sea at Etretat" (1883) by Claude Monet.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Museum of Beaux Arts
|
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"Climbing Chemin" (1870), Alfred Sisley.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Museum of Beaux Arts
|
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"Roses" (c1889) by Henri Fantin-Lantour.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Museum of Beaux Arts
|
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"Pont-Neuf" (1902) by Camille Pissarro.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Museum of Beaux Arts
|
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"Entrance to the Guillotiere Bridge in the Rain", a 1879 painting by Nicolas Sicard.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Museum of Beaux Arts
|
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"Reflections of the Sun" (1895) by Joseph Bail.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Museum of Beaux Arts
|
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"Bridge over the Huveaune" (c1872) by Adolphe Monticelli.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Museum of Beaux Arts
|
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"Peasant with a Green Scarf" (1885) by Vincent van Gogh.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Museum of Beaux Arts
|
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"Bathers" (c1900) by Paul Cezanne.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Museum of Beaux Arts
|
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"Serenity" (c1899) by Henri Martin.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Museum of Beaux Arts
|
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"Entrance to the Main Road at Argenteuil in Winter" by Claude Monet.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Museum of Beaux Arts
|
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Detail of the Claude Monet painting "Entrance to the Main Road at Argenteuil in Winter".
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Museum of Beaux Arts
|
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Egyptian sarcophagi.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Museum of Beaux Arts
|
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Painted Egyptian coffin.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Museum of Beaux Arts
|
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Mummified Egyptian head from the 2nd century.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
|
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Green and red coloured deserts in a shop window.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
|
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Newspaper kiosk.
|
2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
|
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The irregular square at Croix Rousse.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
|
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Croix Rousse used to be the silk weavers' district of Lyon.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : 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.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Maison des Canuts
|
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Weaving was revolutionised by the invention of punch cards to program the sequence.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Maison des Canuts
|
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Detail of weaving punch cards.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Maison des Canuts
|
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Bobins and threads. Weavers were called canuts from the word for bobbin (canette).
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Maison des Canuts
|
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Silk threads.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Maison des Canuts
|
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Silk weaving of two nuns.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Maison des Canuts
|
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Silk weaving of Winston Churchill.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
|
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Buildings in the city centre.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
|
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Street scene in the city centre.
|
2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
|
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Carousel.
|
2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Printing Museum
|
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The Printing Museum is set in an old castle.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Printing Museum
|
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The multi-story courtyard.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Printing Museum
|
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Moveable type.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Printing Museum
|
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Printing press.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Printing Museum
|
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Example of an engraving with the block.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Printing Museum
|
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Botanical engraving.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Printing Museum
|
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Advertising hats produced by engraving.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Printing Museum
|
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Copper engraving.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Printing Museum
|
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Detail of copper engraving.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Printing Museum
|
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Lithographic machine.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Printing Museum
|
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Lithographic monochrome book cover.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Printing Museum
|
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Lithograph of a printers.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Printing Museum
|
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Large camera for posters.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Printing Museum
|
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Typewriter.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Printing Museum
|
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Cover of a children's game from the early 1900s.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Printing Museum
|
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Colour advertising poster.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Printing Museum
|
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The Lumitype was developed in Lyon in 1944. It replaced movable type with light.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Printing Museum
|
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Electronic printing.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
|
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Lyon is full of elegant buildings.
|
2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
|
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Shaving shop.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
|
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Hat shop.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
|
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View of the River Rhone.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
|
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The Guillotiere Bridge over the Rhone.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
District : Rue des Marronniers
|
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Rue des Marronniers is a narrow pedestrian street in the city centre.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
District : Rue des Marronniers
|
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Rue des Marronniers is full of buchons, traditional eating houses.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
District : Rue des Marronniers
|
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Buchons traditionally write their specials on blackboards.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
District : Rue des Marronniers
|
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Interior of a buchon.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
|
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The River Saone is overlooked by the Old City.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
|
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Pedestrian bridge over the River Saone.
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2012 |
were added from 1 February 2025.