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A guided walking tour of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vieux_Lyon" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Vieux Lyon</a>. The tour would take around an hour.

The Vieux Lyon (English: Old Lyon) is the largest Renaissance district of Lyon in the 5th arrondissement of Lyon.

This zone is served by the metro line D

In 1954, Vieux-Lyon, the city's oldest district, became the first site in France to be protected under the Malraux law to protect France's cultural sites. Covering an area of 424 hectares at the foot of the Fourvière hill, it is one of Europe’s most extensive Renaissance neighborhoods. There are three distinct sections: Saint Jean, Saint Paul and Saint Georges.

The Saint Jean quarter: in the Middle Ages, this was the focus of political and religious power. The Cathedral of St Jean, seat of the Primate of Gaul, a title still conferred upon the archbishop of Lyon, is a good example of Gothic architecture. The Manecanterie adjoining the cathedral is one of Lyon's few extant Romanesque buildings. Formerly a choir school, it now houses the museum of the cathedral’s treasures. Saint Jean is also home to the Museum of Miniatures and Film Sets, located in a building that was the Golden Cross Inn in the 15th century.

The Saint-Paul section: in the 15th and 16th centuries predominately Italian banker-merchants moved into sumptuous urban residences here called hôtels particuliers. The Hôtel Bullioud and the Hôtel de Gadagne are two magnificent examples and the latter now houses the Lyon Historical Museum and the International Puppet Museum. The Loge du Change stands as testimony to the period when trade fairs made the city wealthy. The Saint Paul church with its Romanesque lantern tower and its spectacular spire mark the section’s northern extremity.

The Saint Georges section: silk weavers settled here beginning in the 16th century before moving to the Croix Rousse hill in the 19th century. In 1844, the architect Pierre Bossan rebuilt the St George's Church on the banks of the Saônein a neo-Gothic style. In the Middle Ages, when there were only a few parallel streets between the hill and the Saône, the first traboules were built. Derived from the Latin trans-ambulare, meaning to pass through, traboules are corridors through buildings and their courtyards, connecting one street directly with another. Visitors can discover an architectural heritage of galleries and spiral staircases in these secret passageways, as unexpected as they are unique.

On Rue Saint-Jean. This section from Rue du Palais de Justice to Rue de la Bombarde.

<a href="http://www.museeminiatureetcinema.fr/accueil.html" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Musee des Miniatures et Decors de Cinema</a>.

The Lawyers' House / Maison des Avocats.

Rue de la Bombarde, Maison des Avocats law offices (1471)

Two museums in one!

Founded by the miniaturist Dan Ohlmann, the Musée Miniature et Cinéma presents exclusively in Lyon two rare and unusual collections: On the one hand , miniature scenes by international miniaturist artists, ie 100 hyperrealist reproductions of our everyday living spaces. On the other hand a unique exhibition in Europe allowing to understand all the techniques of the special effects of the cinema . This educational journey, illustrated by more than 400 original pieces of shooting, reveals the magic of the biggest movie studios.

A living place: Artists work daily in their workshop to create miniatures and restore authentic cinema objects. They have just restored for the happiness of all the fantastic Queen Alien of the ADI studios that throne to this day in her cage on the 2nd floor of the museum. Information related to the collections is presented in French and in English.

We only went past here on our walking tour of Vieux Lyon and never actually went into this museum.