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THEMATIC ITINERARIES - LYON, FRANCE

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N°1 Discover Lyon city felted, in black and white N°2 Travel back in time! N°3 Lyon at the time of the resistance N°4 Lyon in a contemporan aera

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the history of cinema called ‘The Exit of The Factories Lumières'. The factories filmed produced photographic plates and were owned by his father. In this short film Louis Lumière directed the workers to casually leave from work. The hangar LYON where the famous stage was filmed is still standing and has become the entrance to the Institute and the Lumière Museum where you can watch films from all over the world but also The birthplace admire the commemorative plaques made following the visit of many international filmmakers, who filmed themselves by replaying the famous original scene. Return to the magic of the of cinema! beginnings of cinema by the retrospectives of cult movies offered by the museum on the scene of the first camera movements! There are so many incredible hidden attractions in Lyon… and Lyon is a city that reminds us of great history... For culture so, from its’s beloved UNESCO World Heritage Sites, to lovers, a visit to this spellbinding city is a must. From the early enchanting architectural gems, here are some of the best days of the Roman Empire, all the way to a booming economic places to visit in Lyon… with a historical, cultural… and center for silk, spices, and printing, it’s little wonder why the cinematographic twist. Historic Site of Lyon has been listed as UNESCO World Heritage with its four historic districts spread across 500 hectares. But, beyond all this, an intriguing yet little known piece of Lyon’s history is its ties with the origins of Cinema. Filmstrip lovers can not miss a pilgrimage in this city walking through Thematic itineraries the ‘first film’ street (rue du Premier Film). Take the Avenue Lumière at the Monplaisir metro exit that will take you straight explored in Lyon to the cinema street! Subway themed station, bistro furnished with photos and objects of the cinema universe, posters, projection programs, a N°1 Discover Lyon city felted, in black and white wall with the gold plates of the most famous directors, markets of the used film… Everything, but everything, wants to remind N°2 Travel back in time! us that in this precise part of Lyon, just a century ago, cinema N°3 Lyon at the time of the resistance was born. N°4 Lyon in a contemporan aera It is indeed in this street that Louis Lumière in 1895 used his camera to film 50 seconds which then became the First film in

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N°1. Discover Lyon city felted, in black and white

Locations from the following ﬁlms are included in this itinerary: - La sortie de l’usine (1895) - A gosth (1946)

The exit of the factories lumières On March 19, 1895, Louis Lumière placed his camera in front of the shed, in front of the large gate of the factory, turned the crank and filmed the workers and workers leaving the workshops. It is indeed in this street that Louis Lumière in 1895 used his camera to film 50 seconds which then became the First film in the history of cinema called ‘The Exit of The Factories Lumières'. The factories filmed produced photographic plates and were owned by his father. In this short film, Louis Lumière directed the workers to casually leave from work. The hangar where the famous stage was filmed is still standing and has become the entrance to the Institute and the Lumière Museum where you can watch films from all over the world but also admire the commemorative plaques made following the visit of many international filmmakers, who filmed themselves by replaying the famous original scene. It is said, because of this film, that the Lumière brothers were the inventors of the cinema. That is true and uncertain at the same time. Here we must mention a third man, the Parisian Georges Méliés. He was the one who realized the possibilities of entertainment offered by cinema, and he did it almost by chance. Méliés, who was a theatre director, was invited by the

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Locations from the following films are included in this itinerary: Méliés did not give up, and finally acquired a bioscope which, names of famous cinema masters that come to our mind when with the foundation of Lugdunumm in 43 BC J.-C. Navigation start from the top and descend while enjoying a - La sortie de l’usine (1895) after some modifications, he managed to use as a we think of France. Some of them chose this city, Lyon, as the on the Saône and the Rhone allowed many exchanges with beautiful view of the foggy rooftops of the cinematograph. setting for their stories. other regions and other countries. neighbourhood St. John with its famous Cathedral - A gosth (1946) One day, Méliés set his camera in front of a square. His The layout of the city and the mysterious atmosphere of the At the end of the 2nd century, the city was impoverished, and (Cathedral Saint-Jean) and its astronomical clock. intention was to shoot a couple of scenes for a documentary. two rivers that cross it, the Roine and the Saona, make of Lyon the population leaves the heights of Fourvière for the banks of If you want to discover the secrets of the most The exit of the factories lumières However, he made a mistake and the camera was blocked, the ideal location for plots of mystery and intrigue, but also of the right bank of the Saône but remains on the territory known mysterious cities of France and if you are fascinated On March 19, 1895, Louis Lumière placed his camera in front after which he continued to roll. When he projected the scene, love and of self-discovery. One of the first directors to identify as 'Canabae' in Presqu’Ile. Many transformations took place on by the troubled histories of large bourgeois families of the shed, in front of the large gate of the factory, turned the he realized that, thanks to the cut, what was initially a bus, and take advantage of Lyon’s attractiveness was the winner of the peninsula in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The then, like Louis Jouvet going to the bourgeois home crank and filmed the workers and workers leaving the advancing through the Opera Square, had become a hearse. the prize for best director of the Cannes Festival in 1952, sector was then marked out with wharves, transformed of a famous silky man of Lyon, you will walk in the workshops. This is how, by chance, Méliés discovered the potential of Christian-Jaque. between 1858 and 1865 into dikes to protect against floods. Ainay district. It is the old district of the bourgeoisie cinematography to create fiction and, with it, the magic of Christina Guan www.happytowander.com (district in the south of the sector UNESCO which It is indeed in this street that Louis Lumière in 1895 used his Christian-Jaque shot in Lyon his film Un Revenant, which was cinema. goes from the place Bellecour to the street of the camera to film 50 seconds which then became the First film in translated into English as A lover’s return. His plot is a tribute Fourviere district The brothers Lumière and Méliés were the first of many other to classic thrillers that never grow old: the artist Jean-Jacques ramparts). the history of cinema called ‘The Exit of The Factories Fourviere is the hill that dominates the center of Lyon to the French famous filmmakers. The country has a great Sauvage is back in Lyon, his hometown. Director of a famous Lumières'. west, and the central district of this hill, in the 5th audiovisual tradition that honors the memory of those who international ballet troupe, he comes to perform his new show The factories filmed produced photographic plates and were arrondissement of the city. Nicknamed the "Mystic Mountain" made it possible by inventing the cinematograph in Lyon. in the city before its premiere in Paris. Twenty years ago, he owned by his father. In this short film, Louis Lumière directed by Jules Michelet1, it is the oldest place of occupation of Lyon, Truffaut, Godard, Cocteau, Rohmer, Tavernier... There are many had been the victim of an attempted murder by one of his the workers to casually leave from work. The hangar where the as a place of foundation of the Roman city of Lugdunum. childhood friends, Jerome Nizard, a rich silky Lyon. The latter famous stage was filmed is still standing and has become the had only been the executioner of a family plot which was The Notre-Dame de Fourvière basilica overlooks the city of entrance to the Institute and the Lumière Museum where you intended to put an end to the romance Jean-Jacques had with Lyon from the top of the Fourvière hill since the end of the can watch films from all over the world but also admire the Geneviève, Jerome’s sister. The plot was inspired by a news nineteenth century. Its neo-Byzantine or Roman-Byzantine commemorative plaques made following the visit of many style architecture is the work of Pierre Bossan. The basilica is Christina Guan www.happytowander.com item drawn from the Lyonnaise Chronicle. international filmmakers, who filmed themselves by replaying one of the most visible landmarks of the city, and one of the Anyone who has seen Un revenant will have felt the desire to the famous original scene. symbols of the city of Lyon. For movie shootings, the area and get inside the Ainay district of Lyon, where most of the It is said, because of this film, that the Lumière brothers were its basilic is often the perfect background scenery in movies. troubled histories of large bourgeois families of the film the inventors of the cinema. That is true and uncertain at the happen, and the hill of Chazeaux, which appears in the first same time. Here we must mention a third man, the Parisian scene of the film. Georges Méliés. He was the one who realized the possibilities La montée de Chazeaux of entertainment offered by cinema, and he did it almost by At the top of this climb was the Bellegrève Hôtel, where Henry chance. Méliés, who was a theatre director, was invited by the Ainay district III lived. Then, Henry IV in 1595 under Mandelot, who was the Lumières to the world premiere of his cinematograph. Méliés owner. In 1623 he was then sold to a congregation of Sisters Ainay is the old district of the bourgeoisie (district in the south was fascinated by the apparatus and the multiple special say ladies of Chazeaux. of the sector UNESCO which goes from the place Bellecour to effects that he could incorporate in his plays thanks to it. So, the street of the ramparts and is located in the southern part You will follow in the early mornings the ‘Montée de Chazeaux’ he made the Lumières an offer of sale, which they rejected. Frères Lumière ©Institut Lumière/Lyon Tourism et Congrès Christina Guan www.happytowander.com of the Presqu'Ile de Lyon. The history of the peninsula begins as the actor Louis Jouvet in the first scene of the film. You will

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Locations from the following films are included in this itinerary: Méliés did not give up, and finally acquired a bioscope which, names of famous cinema masters that come to our mind when with the foundation of Lugdunumm in 43 BC J.-C. Navigation start from the top and descend while enjoying a - La sortie de l’usine (1895) after some modifications, he managed to use as a we think of France. Some of them chose this city, Lyon, as the on the Saône and the Rhone allowed many exchanges with beautiful view of the foggy rooftops of the cinematograph. setting for their stories. other regions and other countries. neighbourhood St. John with its famous Cathedral - A gosth (1946) One day, Méliés set his camera in front of a square. His The layout of the city and the mysterious atmosphere of the At the end of the 2nd century, the city was impoverished, and (Cathedral Saint-Jean) and its astronomical clock. intention was to shoot a couple of scenes for a documentary. two rivers that cross it, the Roine and the Saona, make of Lyon the population leaves the heights of Fourvière for the banks of If you want to discover the secrets of the most The exit of the factories lumières However, he made a mistake and the camera was blocked, the ideal location for plots of mystery and intrigue, but also of the right bank of the Saône but remains on the territory known mysterious cities of France and if you are fascinated On March 19, 1895, Louis Lumière placed his camera in front after which he continued to roll. When he projected the scene, love and of self-discovery. One of the first directors to identify as 'Canabae' in Presqu’Ile. Many transformations took place on by the troubled histories of large bourgeois families of the shed, in front of the large gate of the factory, turned the he realized that, thanks to the cut, what was initially a bus, and take advantage of Lyon’s attractiveness was the winner of the peninsula in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The then, like Louis Jouvet going to the bourgeois home crank and filmed the workers and workers leaving the advancing through the Opera Square, had become a hearse. the prize for best director of the Cannes Festival in 1952, sector was then marked out with wharves, transformed of a famous silky man of Lyon, you will walk in the workshops. This is how, by chance, Méliés discovered the potential of Christian-Jaque. between 1858 and 1865 into dikes to protect against floods. Ainay district. It is the old district of the bourgeoisie cinematography to create fiction and, with it, the magic of (district in the south of the sector UNESCO which It is indeed in this street that Louis Lumière in 1895 used his Christian-Jaque shot in Lyon his film Un Revenant, which was cinema. goes from the place Bellecour to the street of the camera to film 50 seconds which then became the First film in translated into English as A lover’s return. His plot is a tribute Fourviere district The brothers Lumière and Méliés were the first of many other to classic thrillers that never grow old: the artist Jean-Jacques ramparts). the history of cinema called ‘The Exit of The Factories Fourviere is the hill that dominates the center of Lyon to the French famous filmmakers. The country has a great Sauvage is back in Lyon, his hometown. Director of a famous Lumières'. west, and the central district of this hill, in the 5th audiovisual tradition that honors the memory of those who international ballet troupe, he comes to perform his new show The factories filmed produced photographic plates and were arrondissement of the city. Nicknamed the "Mystic Mountain" made it possible by inventing the cinematograph in Lyon. in the city before its premiere in Paris. Twenty years ago, he owned by his father. In this short film, Louis Lumière directed by Jules Michelet1, it is the oldest place of occupation of Lyon, Truffaut, Godard, Cocteau, Rohmer, Tavernier... There are many had been the victim of an attempted murder by one of his the workers to casually leave from work. The hangar where the as a place of foundation of the Roman city of Lugdunum. childhood friends, Jerome Nizard, a rich silky Lyon. The latter famous stage was filmed is still standing and has become the had only been the executioner of a family plot which was The Notre-Dame de Fourvière basilica overlooks the city of entrance to the Institute and the Lumière Museum where you intended to put an end to the romance Jean-Jacques had with Lyon from the top of the Fourvière hill since the end of the can watch films from all over the world but also admire the Geneviève, Jerome’s sister. The plot was inspired by a news nineteenth century. Its neo-Byzantine or Roman-Byzantine commemorative plaques made following the visit of many item drawn from the Lyonnaise Chronicle. style architecture is the work of Pierre Bossan. The basilica is international filmmakers, who filmed themselves by replaying one of the most visible landmarks of the city, and one of the Anyone who has seen Un revenant will have felt the desire to the famous original scene. symbols of the city of Lyon. For movie shootings, the area and get inside the Ainay district of Lyon, where most of the It is said, because of this film, that the Lumière brothers were its basilic is often the perfect background scenery in movies. troubled histories of large bourgeois families of the film the inventors of the cinema. That is true and uncertain at the happen, and the hill of Chazeaux, which appears in the first same time. Here we must mention a third man, the Parisian scene of the film. Georges Méliés. He was the one who realized the possibilities La montée de Chazeaux of entertainment offered by cinema, and he did it almost by At the top of this climb was the Bellegrève Hôtel, where Henry chance. Méliés, who was a theatre director, was invited by the Ainay district III lived. Then, Henry IV in 1595 under Mandelot, who was the Lumières to the world premiere of his cinematograph. Méliés owner. In 1623 he was then sold to a congregation of Sisters Ainay is the old district of the bourgeoisie (district in the south was fascinated by the apparatus and the multiple special say ladies of Chazeaux. of the sector UNESCO which goes from the place Bellecour to effects that he could incorporate in his plays thanks to it. So, the street of the ramparts and is located in the southern part You will follow in the early mornings the ‘Montée de Chazeaux’ he made the Lumières an offer of sale, which they rejected. of the Presqu'Ile de Lyon. The history of the peninsula begins as the actor Louis Jouvet in the first scene of the film. You will

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Museum of cinema miniature by and what started out as a fun movie ends up being a cult classic. The founder of Musée Cinema & Miniature, Dan From the Montée de Chazeaux walk to 60 Rue Saint-Jean Ohlmann, created the museum with a double purpose: to serve (200 m) to visit the unique Museum of Cinema Miniature. As as a place of exhibition and reflection on the evolution of we have witnessed up to here, Lyon is a city with a film tradition cinema in its own cradle, Lyon, and to use it as a kind of clinic with its own label, which has given birth to great stories in which iconic objects of contemporary classics could be produced by French filmmakers. However, its ability to attract recovered. talent linked to the world of cinema does not end there. An example of this is the Cinéma & Miniature de Lyon, a must visit A spokesperson, Valérie Chaix, unveiled the hidden treasures temple for all cinema fans. It doesn’t matter if you are a cinema of the museum’s exhibitions in an interview with MovieTravel a expert or just have fun watching movies: here you will find few months ago: "Film studios, film museums and film directors objects that will transport you to the magic of the big screen, come here to have their precious objects or props restored after suffering the ravages of times. It can take months to special effects and stories that leave a trace. Iconic objects Faustina De Susa maquillage Mme Doubtfire from blockbusters from all the time are kept in the walls of ©Musée Miniature et Cinéma/Lyon Tourism et Congrès restore latex as it did for the latex of the Alien Queen from Musée Cinema & Miniature! Alien vs Predator, time for the technicians’ team to invent the suitable treatment. This restoration policy also allows the Among others, the exhibits of the museum include costumes rotation of the collections". from Spiderman, Batman or Forest Gump, and animatronics from Gremlins or little monsters from Men in Black. A figure of In the museum, they have also restored and now exhibit filming the Alien Queen, triceratops from Jurassic Park and the doll material prior to digital filmmaking. With this, they contribute to Chucky are also part of the collection. Many masks and preserving the world’s audio-visual film heritage from a prostheses, animatronics, special effect mock-ups will help the perspective that brings together history and entertainment. As film buffs to explore the secret behind-the-scenes world of they explain, when contemplating the evolution of the seventh cinema’s greatest magicians. art from the technical point of view, through the exhibitions, visitors and spectators realize how miraculous current The museum has the biggest and only collection of its kind in cinematographic techniques are! Europe. With more than 500 rare and authentic objects, this museum is the place to go if you want to learn more about tricks and techniques used in films before the advent of purely digital filmmaking. The cinema collection also pays tribute to the talent of the studio artists and masters of illusion. Musée Cinema & Miniature is not only a point of cultural interest in the city to which thousands of visitors travel every year to discover the bowels of the films they love so much. It is also a lab for the recovery of original material. This material has an incalculable value. But, as sometimes happens with Dan Ohlmann et l'Alien historical stuff, many times we don’t notice it until the years go ©Musée Miniature et Cinéma/Lyon Tourism et Congrès

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with quatrefoils. Degradations suffered by missing or reality. Since 1987, a certain Philippe Carry, art N°2. Travel back in time! decapitated statues are the work of the soldiers of Baron des watchmaker of the region, asked the authorization Adrets in 1562. Fortunately, the sumptuous decoration of 320 to the director before settling in the district. He carved medallions in the bottom of openings has only suffered settled not rue de la Loge, but a street corner Locations from the following films are included in this itinerary: time. They tell the Bible, the saints, and even courtly or further, rue Juiverie. By visiting the shop, you will - Under the sight of the clockmaker monstrous scenes. The extremely varied topics are indeed meet a real movie character who will tell you many - Verdict (1974) inspired by Holy History, mythology, symbols, popular scenes. anecdotes about the film. As for the Juiverie Street, At the top of it, there is an impressive 9-meter-high it is an ancient route, from the Middle Ages, was Under the Sight of the Clockmaker, is undoubtedly the film that has most marked the spirits of the inhabitants of the city astronomical clock dating from the 14th century and which called the street of 'Jewry' because of the many of Lyon. comes alive with automatons representing the Annunciation. Jews who lived there in the thirteenth and You can stand under the clock as the actor Philippe Noiret fourteenth century. From the fifteenth century, the Born in Lyon, Tavernier reveals through the camera his –portraying Micheal Descombes in the movie– and let time street was emptied of its various livestock markets comprehension of the city. He knows how Lyon looks and feels stop for a chime… Until the next ding-dong! and became richer. You will find rue Juiverie the like – something he captures behind the scenes, the energy of At this time, you may be wondering: is there a watchmaker in most beautiful buildings and the most beautiful the old neighbourhoods to give a popular yet charming Renaissance courses of Old Lyon. approach to the work of Georges Simenon, the original writer Saint-Paul? There was not, but eventually fiction became a of the story. Through his eyes, Lyon becomes another character of the story. The Clockmaker unravels the story of Michel Descombes, who leads a peaceful life in the Saint-Paul district of Lyon, where he practices watchmaking. Until the day the police come to warn him that his son Bernard, whom he has been raising alone since the departure of his wife, is accused of having killed a vigil of the factory where his girlfriend worked. Suddenly, everything rocks for this man who suddenly realizes that he does not really know this son whom he thought he was close. The film got the 31st Louis Deluc Award.

Primatiale Saint-Jean and its astronomical clock Always in the distance, presiding over the scene, Saint-Jean cathedral stands a symbol in the movie. The primatial Saint-Jean was built from 1170 until the 15th century. The apse and the choir are of Romanesque style while the transept and the nave are of Gothic style. The lower part includes the three important gothic portals each surmounted by rosettes Christina Guan www.happytowander.com

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Court of appeal of Lyon Vieux Lyon may look like a very safe place today, but N°3. A gang story & Lucie it was not always like this. Shot in 2011, Les Lyonnais While you’re at the Saint- Jean Cathedral, it is worth visiting the (or ) covers the memoirs of Edmond Court of Appeal of Lyon on the ‘1 Rue du Palais de Justice’ (190 Aubrac: vieux Lyon wasn’t A Gang Story meters of walking distance). The courthouse of Vieux-Lyon was Vidal, known as Momon, belonged to the formidable built between 1835 and 1847 by Louis-Pierre Baltard. The always that shiny Lyonnais gang, which he formed with Serge Suttel, a architect was inspired by a Greek temple but preferred to place childhood friend who knew him as the precarious the colons on its main façade rather than on the sides of the existence of gypsies. Momon, now 60, remembers temple which was customary in antiquity. Since the construction Locations from the following films are included in this itinerary: this turbulent youth, but he cherishes more than anything his newfound peace. However, Suttel did of the new Judicial City at Part-Dieu, the building now only - The army of shadows (1969) houses the Court of Appeal and the Court of Assizes. not know the same route. - Lucie Aubrac (1997) From the Lyon peninsula to Fléchères castle in - A gang story Fareins via Reyrieux, the director Olivier Marchal The city and quays of the Saône The old, historical district of Lyon is known with the name of spent more than three months shooting in places World famous for its medieval and Renaissance architecture, Vieux Lyon. This district is today the most important tourist frequented in the 1970s by the famous gang of the Old Lyon district owes its fabulous conservation in the attraction point of Lyon, as much for the Lyonnais as for the Lyonnais. There may had been some crime around Safeguard Plan and the Malraux law protecting the site since international tourist. Its main street, Rue Saint-Jean, highlighted Lyon in the 70s, but those were far from being the 1964. There is a bourgeois architecture, very influenced by Italy by the first restorations, is the most popular of the streets of the most turbulent times of the city. The real drama and the capital. old quarter that it crosses from north to south, from the Place happened during the Along the docks of the Saône, you will find the emblematic du Change to Adolphe-Max. It contains a lot of architectural architecture which is the landscape of reference of the long curiosities, especially traboules and courtyards. tracking shots that follow the characters throughout the film. It is one of the most beautiful ballads that stretches along the peninsula along the quays to the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. The district of Old Lyon is one of the places included in the Historic Site of Lyon, declared World Heritage Site.

Quai Tilsitt During your trip it is also worth visiting the Quai Tilsitt. A formerly Arsenal quay built in 1828, which took its current name in 1868 and recalls the treaty concluded between Napoleon and Tsar Alexander I in 1807. Tilsitt was a small town in East Prussia. In going up the Saône, discover beautiful buildings up to rue Antoine de Saint-Exupéry walked also by Jean Gabin in Lyon UNESCO ‘Verdict’. © Tristan Deschamps/Lyon Tourism et Congrès

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the prosecutor's office on May 14, the anniversary of their marriage, that the two spouses have always vowed to spend together. The film is inspired by the true story of Lucie Aubrac. All the Lyon sites emblematic of the events of the Second World War appear in the film: the string and the tramway, the district of Terreaux of the time wonderfully restored like the old prison Saint- Paul, the CHDR seat of the Gestapo or the Memorial of the Montluc jail. For those wishing to pay tribute to the members of the Resistance or to the victims of the Second World War, those will go to the Memorial of the Montluc military prison. An infamous place in the entire region Vichy regime's military prison from 1940 to 1943, it was requisitioned by the Nazi occupier from January 1944. A site so upsetting but also Christina Guan www.happytowander.com instructive that highlights the daily life of prisoners, their escape spectacular or their tragic end. 2nd World War. Designated "capital of the French resistance" by General de Gaulle, the city of Lyon keeps the memory of Labyrinth of the Traboules this period through different places of history. It was a time of It is also worth mentioning the labyrinth of traboules and flight, flight and hiding. Lyon was the ideal city to hide and, staircases. A traboule (word used exclusively in Lyon) is a once again, its architecture provided shelter to all those who pedestrian lane, often narrow, beginning with an en Trabouler, needed it. from Latin "trans ambulare", means "pass through”. On 11th November 1942, the situation was alarming: German Particularly numerous in Old Lyon, they allowed, in the Middle troops invaded the Southern zone and occupied the city. The Ages, to quickly reach the boats on the Saône. They sheltered German repressive services and the Vichy auxiliary police the clandestine comings and goings of the Resistant Lyonnais persecuted the members of the resistance and brought them during the War 39-45. Corridor and passing through one or to prision. The repression fell also on the Jews. Several more buildings to connect one street to another. filmmakers have reproduced this historical episode in films, but one stands out among all: Lucie Aubrac. In 1943, Lucie Aubrac, professor of history in Lyon, a member Hôtel de Ville de Lyon (city hall) of the Resistance, like her husband Raymond, learns that he The Lyon City Hall is located between Place des Terreaux and was arrested by the French police on the mere accusation of Place de la Comédie where it faces the opera house. It was black market. Thanks to a bold ploy, based on personal built by architect Simon Maupin in 1646. It is partly destroyed messages from the BBC, she gets her husband's release from by fires and the revolution. It was restored by Tony Desjardins

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