Architecture of the 1920’s in Lyon

Lyon, France

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Duration

2 Heures

Tour Type

Daily Tour

Group Size

1 , 20 people

Languages

Anglais

Overview

This original tour shows an innovative quarter built in the late 1920’s in Lyon by a local famous architect, called Tony Garnier, for workers. Renovated in the 1980’s, it has been settled in an open-air gallery which explains the project of the architect.

About thirty murals present the architect drawings and other artists’s project for an ideal city. These frescoes have been painted by a group of painters, called « Cité Création ».

Their colors delight spectators and city inhabitants.

HIGHLIGHTS

Etats-Unis quarter
Cité Création
Architecture

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<p>Walking tour of the open-air museum, in the eastern part of the city: the "Etats-Unis" quarter, with the 30 murals. Architectural, artistic and social comment. <br /> <br /> At the end, we can stop in a pub for refreshment. Meeting point: at the tramway station "Musée Tony Garnier"</p>