In the heart of the history
The legendary Gallo-Roman history of Lugdunum at the top of the Fourvière hill and the splendor of the French Renaissance in the heart of Old Lyon are exhibited in the 5th district of Lyon. A true open-air museum: Saint-Jean cathedral, Saint-Georges churches, Saint-Paul, old cobbled streets, traboules that weave real secret networks. The Gadagne and Lugdunum museums welcome you for a journey through time.
La Maison du Chamarier
A gem of fifteenth-century architecture in Vieux-Lyon (Old Lyon), the Maison du Chamarier boasts a remarkable courtyard that features elements of both...
Eglise Saint Irénée
5th-c., Carolingian-style shrine where the first Christians met, with the tombs of Irenaeus, Alexander and Epipodius, martyred in Lyon in 178 AD. It...
Jardin Archéologique
To the north of Cathédrale Saint Jean: baptistery and remains of the Saint Etienne and Sainte Croix churches (4th-16th c.). These two churches, along...
Loyasse Cemetery
Created in 1812, the first modern cemetery in Lyon covers 12 ha and has 30,000 graves and 200 chapels and monuments. It includes the funeral monuments...
The Parc des Hauteurs (Heights Park)
The Parc des Hauteurs is a municipal park that stretches from the Montée de l’Ange to the Loyasse cemetery. It covers the former “Tramway des...
Museum of the Cathedral Treasure
The museum is located in the choir school, one of the rare 11th-c. civil monuments remaining in the region, which was originally used as the refectory...
Eglise Saint Paul - Chapelle Sainte Marguerite
Built in 549 AD on the remains of a temple of Diana, it was entirely destroyed by the Saracens. Rebuilt from 1084 to 1106, it was finished in the 13th...
Palais Saint Jean
This former archbishop’s palace (13th - 19th), a bishop’s palace, was bought in 1909 to be used for the 5th arrondissement's library. The frontage on...
Fontaine du Taurobole
Located in the Saint Just quarter, the Fontaine du Boeuf, or Taurobole, is the oldest fountain in Lyon. Completed in 1828, it was listed as a...
Palais de Bondy
Built from 1902 to 1904, the “Palais des Expositions" features Lyon’s coat of arms and motto: “avant, avant Lion le melhor”. It has a set of huge...
The Weight of Oneself
Designed by artists Elmgreen & Dragset, the work represents heroic nude and marble. This sculpture, 2.7 m high, is a landmark in the landscape.
Chapels in Notre Dame de Fourvière
The Chapelle de la Vierge and the Chapelle Saint Thomas de Canterbury (archbishop of Canterbury who died a martyr in 1170 and apparently stayed in...
Antiquaille - Cultural Center of Christianity in Lyon
This new cultural space dedicated to the history and the birth of Christianity in Gaul also has what is believed to be the prison of Saint Pothin. It...
Soierie Saint-Georges
Get to meet one of the last canuts in Lyon, in a workshop where silk is still very much part of everyday life!
L'Espace Gerson Café Théâtre / Humour
Located in the heart of Old Lyon since 1987, the Espace Gerson offers comedy shows throughout the year in the best tradition of dinner theater. On...
Eglise Saint Laurent de Choulans
Remains of the basilica and necropolis from the end of the 5th and 6th c., this complex, which dates from early Christian times, was first excavated...
Tour Métallique
The tower is also called the Tour Paufique after the architect who designed the metal structure. The other entrepreneurs were Buffaud, Calmel, Perret...
Religious Art Museum of Fourvière
Marian museum in a former Jesuit chapel. This 200 m² centre houses an exhibition on sacred art, the history of Fourvière and the Church of Lyon....
Rosary Garden in the Heights Park
2.5 hectare garden and 1400 m of paths between Fourvière and Saint Jean designed and created by Michel-Antoine Boyer and Sylvie Maniaque. The layout...
Fontaine Saint Jean
The fountain was built from plans by the Lyon-based architect René Dardel, who wanted to reproduce certain details of a well that Philibert de l'Orme...