| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
District : Old City
Site / Event : Guignol Museum
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Guignol with his cudgel, his weapon of choice to beat his enemies.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
District : Old City
Site / Event : Guignol Museum
|
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Guignol with his creator.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
District : Old City
Site / Event : Guignol Museum
|
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Guignol (right), Gnafron and the policeman.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
District : Old City
Site / Event : Guignol Museum
|
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The museum has many puppets like this clown.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
District : Old City
Site / Event : Guignol Museum
|
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Puppets representing two signs of the Zodiac: Cancer and Pisces.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
District : Old City
Site / Event : Guignol Museum
|
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Tin Tin marionettes.
|
2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
District : Old City
Site / Event : Guignol Museum
|
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Micky Mouse and Pinoccio.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
District : Old City
Site / Event : Guignol Museum
|
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Witch.
|
2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
District : Old City
|
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Gargoyle in the old Jewish quarter.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
District : Old City
|
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Cafe culture in the Old City.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
District : Old City
|
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Elegant shops.
|
2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
District : Old City
|
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Small shops.
|
2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
District : Old City
Site / Event : Guignol Theatre
|
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The Guignol Theatre has puppet shows.
|
2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
District : Old City
Site / Event : Guignol Theatre
|
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A performance of the puppet show.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
|
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Enjoying a drink.
|
2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
|
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Richard Bellier, music photographer.
|
2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : 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.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Basilica Notre Dame de Fouviere
|
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Detail of the stonework.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Basilica Notre Dame de Fouviere
|
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Three towers.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Basilica Notre Dame de Fouviere
|
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The Basilica dates from the 19th century.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
District : Fouviere Hill
|
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View of Lyon with the Rhone and Saone rivers from Fouviere Hill, the highest point in the city.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
District : Fouviere Hill
|
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The Opera House and Hotel de Ville.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
District : Fouviere Hill
|
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Place Bellecour, the centre of the city.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
District : Fouviere Hill
|
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The Croix Rousse district.
|
2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : 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.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Gallo-Roman Museum
|
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The Odeon was used for poetry readings and musical recitals.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Gallo-Roman Museum
|
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Mosaic showing Bacchus seated on a panther dating from 3rd century and found in 1911.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Gallo-Roman Museum
|
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Silver goblet with Mercury and Gallic gods.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Gallo-Roman Museum
|
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Octagonal mosaic found in an orchard in 1822.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Gallo-Roman Museum
|
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3rd century funeral stone of two ladies of Lyon.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
|
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The Fresque des Lyonnais is a seven storey mural of famous people from the city.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : 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.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Lumiere Museum
|
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The entrance to the Lumiere Museum.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Lumiere Museum
|
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The museum is housed in the art nouveau home of Antoine Lumiere.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Lumiere Museum
|
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The bedroom of Antoine Lumiere who moved to Lyon in 1870. He died here in 1911.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Lumiere Museum
|
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The museum commemorates the development the world's first motion picture in 1895 by Auguste and Louis Lumiere.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Lumiere Museum
|
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The living room is dominated by a large decorated window.
|
2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Lumiere Museum
|
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Stereoscopic cameras from 1900 (left) and 1893.
|
2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Lumiere Museum
|
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A movie camera dating from 1925.
|
2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Lumiere Museum
|
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Photos of Auguste and Louis Lumiere, sons of Antoine. They set up the world's first movie industry.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Lumiere Museum
|
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The Lumiere cinema company was based in the house until the late 1960s.
|
2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
District : River Saone
|
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Bridge over the Saone River.
|
2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
District : River Saone
|
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View of the city centre from the river.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
District : River Saone
|
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Riverside houses in the city centre.
|
2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
District : River Saone
|
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Pedestrain bridge using the same technology as the Golden Gate Bridge in San Fransisco.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
District : River Saone
|
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Cave statue of a city benefactor.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
District : River Saone
|
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View of the Fourviere district.
|
2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
District : River Saone
|
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Fort St-Jean.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
District : River Saone
|
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Houses in the north of the city.
|
2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
District : River Saone
|
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House in a narrow forested part of the Saone River.
|
2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
District : River Saone
|
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Riverside houses.
|
2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
District : River Saone
|
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The city suburbs.
|
2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
District : River Saone
|
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Houses set on the hilly banks.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
District : River Saone
|
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Barbe Island is at the northern edge of the city.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
District : River Saone
|
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House on Barbe Island.
|
2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
District : River Saone
|
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Bride being photographed on Barbe Island.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
District : River Saone
|
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Barbe Island is famous for the ruins of an old abbey hidden among the trees.
|
2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
District : Old City
|
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Restaurants.
|
2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
District : Old City
|
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Street fountain.
|
2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
District : Old City
|
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Wine shop.
|
2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
District : Old City
|
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Bouchon with lace curtains.
|
2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
District : Old City
|
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Narrow cobbled streets.
|
2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
District : Old City
|
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Medaeval stone buildings.
|
2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
District : Old City
|
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Snack bar.
|
2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
District : Old City
|
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Bouchon serving traditional meals.
|
2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
District : Old City
Site / Event : World Puppets Museum
|
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Lyon is famous for its puppets and there is a museum dedicated to them.
|
2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
District : Old City
Site / Event : World Puppets Museum
|
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Traditional Parisian puppets.
|
2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
District : Old City
Site / Event : World Puppets Museum
|
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19th century marionette of a knife sharpner.
|
2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
District : Old City
Site / Event : World Puppets Museum
|
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Guignol, a 19th century puppet show run by Laurent Mouduel.
|
2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
District : Old City
Site / Event : World Puppets Museum
|
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Puppet show poster from England.
|
2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
District : Old City
Site / Event : World Puppets Museum
|
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Tadanobu Sato, a Japanese puppet from 1889.
|
2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Poleymieux
|
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The village of Poleymieux au Mont d'Or.
|
2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Poleymieux
|
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Scenery around the village.
|
2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Poleymieux
|
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The upper part of the village.
|
2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Poleymieux
|
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Hilly countryside.
|
2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Poleymieux
Site / Event : Ampere Museum
|
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The museum is set in the house that Andre Ampere grew up in.
|
2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Poleymieux
Site / Event : Ampere Museum
|
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The house is surrounded by extensive gardens.
|
2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Poleymieux
Site / Event : Ampere Museum
|
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The museum is scattered over several buildings.
|
2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Poleymieux
Site / Event : Ampere Museum
|
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The museum celebrates the life of Andre Ampere (1775-1836) who discovered many of the laws of electricity.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Poleymieux
Site / Event : Ampere Museum
|
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Equipment to measure the effect of a moving current.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Poleymieux
Site / Event : Ampere Museum
|
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Equipment to measure the effect of an alternating electric current on a magnetic field.
|
2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Poleymieux
Site / Event : Ampere Museum
|
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The electromagnet is produced by wrapping wire around an iron bar. It was invented by Ampere.
|
2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Poleymieux
Site / Event : Ampere Museum
|
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Barlow's Wheel (1823) demonstrates the effect of a magnet on a moving current.
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2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Poleymieux
Site / Event : Ampere Museum
|
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Leyden jars, the first capacitors for storing electricity.
|
2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Poleymieux
Site / Event : Ampere Museum
|
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The Faraday Cage. The closed metal structure protects anything inside from an electric current.
|
2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Poleymieux
Site / Event : Ampere Museum
|
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The Volta battery. It is made from metal plates alternating with acidic cloth or paper.
|
2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Poleymieux
Site / Event : Ampere Museum
|
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A room full of electromagnetic generators.
|
2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Poleymieux
Site / Event : Ampere Museum
|
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Elementary silicon, used in solar panels.
|
2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Poleymieux
Site / Event : Ampere Museum
|
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Solar panels made from silicon powering a model railway.
|
2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Poleymieux
Site / Event : Ampere Museum
|
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Lamps.
|
2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Poleymieux
Site / Event : Ampere Museum
|
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Cathode Ray Tube, the fore-runner of the television.
|
2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Poleymieux
Site / Event : Ampere Museum
|
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Neon light.
|
2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Poleymieux
Site / Event : Ampere Museum
|
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The Hughes Telegraph of 1885.
|
2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Poleymieux
Site / Event : Ampere Museum
|
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The Morse Telegraph of 1885.
|
2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Poleymieux
Site / Event : Ampere Museum
|
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Alexander Graham Bell's telephone from 1878.
|
2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Poleymieux
Site / Event : Ampere Museum
|
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Telephone from 1910.
|
2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Poleymieux
Site / Event : Ampere Museum
|
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Automatic telephone exchange.
|
2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Poleymieux
Site / Event : Ampere Museum
|
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Valves dating from 1930 to 1945.
|
2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Poleymieux
Site / Event : Ampere Museum
|
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Transistors.
|
2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Poleymieux
Site / Event : Ampere Museum
|
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Integrated circuit.
|
2012 |
were added from 1 February 2025.