Place Jean-Jaurès is a square bordered by avenue Jean-Jaurès to the west and rue de Gerland to the east. Buildings and the public primary school François-Auguste-Ravier line its south side, while a street connects the two roads to the north.
Hôpital Édouard-Herriot is a hospital at 5 place d'Arsonval in Lyon. Formerly called Grange-Blanche, it was designed by Tony Garnier and built between 1913 and 1933 as a pavilion hospital.
The Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière overlooks Lyon from the summit of Fourvière hill. Built from 1872 in neo-Byzantine style, it is a major symbol of the city and part of a complex that includes a chapel, statue, esplanade, and garden.
Brasserie Georges is a brewery and restaurant in Lyon, founded in 1836 by brewer Georges Hoffherr. Its dining room was redecorated in 1924 in Art Deco style, and the site is known for its historic interior and large service capacity.
Musée des Confluences is a natural history and societies museum in Lyon, France, located at the confluence of the Rhône and Saône rivers. It opened on 20 December 2014 as the successor to the Musée Guimet de Lyon.
Fontaine Bartholdi is a fountain and sculpture at Place des Terreaux in central Lyon, France. Created by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, it was inaugurated in 1892 under the name Char triomphal de la Garonne.
Westfield La Part-Dieu is a shopping center in Lyon’s Part-Dieu district, facing the Part-Dieu train station. It has five levels, more than 305 stores, and entrances on several surrounding streets.
Lyon 25 is a staircase associated with the Palais des congrès de Lyon in Cité Internationale, Lyon. It gained notoriety in 2002 after being used for the video Sorry by Ali Boulala, and later became known through a 2014 attempt by Aaron "Jaws" Homoki.
The National School of Arts and Techniques of Theater, or ENSATT, is one of France’s twelve national theatre schools. Founded in Paris in 1941, it later moved to Lyon in 1997 and operates as a public institution under the Ministry of Higher Education and Research.
The Musée d'histoire naturelle - Guimet was a former French natural history museum in Lyon, located at 28 boulevard des Belges near Parc de la Tête-d'Or. It closed and its collections were later transferred to the musée des Confluences.
Hôtel-Dieu de Lyon is a historic building complex on the peninsula of Lyon, on the west bank of the Rhône in the Bellecour district. Formerly a hospital, it has been converted into a mixed-use site.
Stade de Gerland, publicly named Matmut Stadium Gerland, is a multi-purpose sports venue in Lyon’s Gerland district. It is the second largest sports arena in the Lyon metropolitan area, has a seating capacity of 25,000, and is registered as a historical monument.
Lyon Cathedral is the seat of the archdiocese of Lyon and holds the status of cathedral and primatial church. It stands in the fifth arrondissement of Lyon, in the medieval and Renaissance district of Vieux Lyon.
The ancient theatre of Lyon is one of the main Roman monuments visible in the city. Built below the summit of Fourvière, it stood near the center of the Roman colony and was later enlarged.
Bahadourian is a network of fine grocery stores in Lyon specializing in exotic products. Its history begins with Djebraïl Bahadourian, an Armenian merchant who opened a small grocery store in the Guillotière district.
Montluc prison is located at 4, rue Jeanne-Hachette in Lyon. Built in 1921 as a military prison on the glacis of fort Montluc, it later became known for its role as a detention place during World War II.
CinéFabrique is a public higher education institution in Lyon and Marseille that trains students aged 18 and over for cinema and audiovisual professions. Its teaching is practice-based and includes a third alternating year.
The Bourse du Travail in Lyon is a trades hall and performance venue designed in 1929 by Charles Meysson. Opened in 1934, it now hosts concerts, one-man shows, dance performances, and seminars, while retaining strong links to trade-union activity.
Place Bellecour is a square in Lyon’s 2nd arrondissement and the largest square in the city. It is laid out as a trapezoid, with open areas for events, an equestrian statue at its center, and landscaped sections with trees, fountains, and kiosks.
Lyon-Part-Dieu station is a railway station in the La Part-Dieu district of Lyon, France. Operated by SNCF, it serves international, national, and regional traffic and is a key element of the city’s rail junction.
Place des Terreaux is a square in Lyon, France, in the north of the Presqu'île between the Rhône and Saône rivers. It lies at the foot of the Croix-Rousse hill, bordered by the Hôtel de Ville and the Musée des Beaux-Arts.
Parc de la Tête d'Or is an urban park in Lyon and one of the largest parks in France. It covers 117 hectares in the city center and includes a botanical garden, with management by the city of Lyon.
Prison Saint-Paul was a defunct prison in Lyon, part of a pair of prisons built south of Perrache station. It was later converted into a campus for the Catholic University of Lyon and is listed in the General Inventory of Cultural Heritage.
Halles de Lyon-Paul Bocuse is a covered market in Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, established in 1971. It contains about sixty merchants and restaurants and is associated with Lyonnaise cuisine and Paul Bocuse.
Tour Part-Dieu is an office skyscraper in Lyon’s Part-Dieu business district. Designed by the American firm Araldo Cossutta and built from 1972 to 1977, it rises 165 metres and is known by Lyon inhabitants as “the pencil.”
Centre Hospitalier Saint-Joseph et Saint-Luc is a non-profit private health establishment in central Lyon, by the Rhône river. Created in 2002 from the merger of Saint-Joseph and Saint-Luc, it provides public-service care with public pricing.
The Hôpital de la Charité de Lyon was a former hospital built in Lyon to receive orphan children and indigent people. It was destroyed in 1934 because of unsanitary conditions, and only the church bell tower was preserved.
Halle Tony Garnier is an arena and concert hall in Lyon, France. Designed by Tony Garnier in 1905, it was originally a slaughterhouse and was renovated in 1987 before reopening as a concert hall in 1988.
Place des Jacobins is a square in the Bellecour district of Lyon. It was called Place Confort until 1782, then took its present name from the Jacobin religious order, also known as the Dominican Order.
Hôtel Terminus is a hotel on cours de Verdun in Lyon, built in 1905. It was previously known as Château Perrache and is now Le Mercure Lyon Centre Château Perrache, owned by the Accor group.
Fort de la Vitriolerie is a fort of Lyon’s first belt. Built from 1840 to 1860, it had a triangular plan, two offensive sides, a caponiere, and two demi-bastions.
Hospice Debrousse was a former hospital at 29 rue Sœur-Bouvier in Lyon. Specialized in pediatrics, it ended hospital activity in 2007, when pediatric services were regrouped at Hôpital Femme-Mère-Enfant.
The Manufacture des tabacs de Lyon is a former tobacco factory in Lyon. Rehabilitated as a university campus, it is owned by Jean-Moulin-Lyon-III and listed as Architecture contemporaine remarquable.
The Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon is a municipal museum on place des Terreaux in Lyon, France, housed in the former abbaye de Saint-Pierre-les-Nonnains. It is more commonly known as palais Saint-Pierre and was formally established during the French Revolution.
The equestrian statue of Louis XIV is a bronze sculpture by François-Frédéric Lemot on Place Bellecour in Lyon. It stands on a marble pedestal and is registered as a historical monument.
P4 Laboratory - Jean Merieux is a high-security medical laboratory in Lyon’s Gerland district, on avenue Tony Garnier. Inaugurated in 1999, it is located in the Inserm Cervi tower near the ENS of Lyon premises and was financed by the family of Jean Mérieux.
Sainte-Marie Lyon is a coeducational private school under contract. It teaches students from kindergarten to Bac+3 and is spread across five sites, including three in Lyon, one in Meyzieu, and one in the Porte de l’Isère area.
Lycée Édouard-Herriot is a public secondary school in Lyon. Founded in 1882 under the influence of Jeanne Desparmet-Ruello, it moved to its current building, inaugurated in 1888 on place Saint-Pothin.
Lycée de Saint-Just is a public high school in Lyon’s Saint-Just district. Overlooking the city from Fourvière hill west of the Saône, its site combines a long architectural history with remains linked to Roman Lugdunum.
Église Saint-Georges is a Catholic place of worship in the Vieux Lyon neighborhoods. Dedicated to Saint Georges de Lydda, it belongs to the parish of the primatiale Saint-Jean de Lyon. The current building was constructed in neo-Gothic style by Pierre Bossan in 1844–1845.
Opéra Nouvel is an opera house in Lyon, France, on Place de la Comédie opposite the city hall. It was built in 1831 as the Grand Théâtre and later restructured and enlarged by Jean Nouvel.
Rue Grenette is a historic street in Lyon, first attested in 1193. Named after the halls of the Grenette, it was once connected to Place des Cordeliers and Rue Basse-Grenette.
Église Notre-Dame-du-Point-du-Jour is a church in Lyon’s Point-du-Jour district. Completed in 1973, it replaced the former church of the Massues. Its design includes a spire symbolizing the biblical tent and an interior centered on an octagonal choir.
The Aqueduct of the Gier is one of the ancient aqueducts of Lyon, built to supply the city of Lugdunum with water. It is the longest of the four aqueducts and the best preserved among them, with remains protected as historical monuments.
Cimetière de Loyasse is a cemetery in Lyon on the Fourvière hill. Created in 1807, it is the oldest cemetery in Lyon still in use. It includes an old and a new cemetery, separated by Rue du Cardinal-Gerlier.
The Lyon astronomical clock is a seventeenth-century astronomical clock located in Lyon Cathedral. It is a tall clock with a central octagonal tower and several automated figures, including angels, the Virgin Mary, and a rotating statue in a western niche.
Institution des Chartreux is a private Catholic school group under contract with the State. It includes eight establishments in Lyon and nearby towns, with levels from kindergarten to post-baccalaureate classes.
The historic courthouse of Lyon stands on quai Romain-Rolland on the right bank of the Saône, in the 5th arrondissement. Known as Les vingt-quatre colonnes, it houses major judicial services and has an interior decoration classified as a historic monument.