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Fresque des Lyonnais is one of several wall paintings or murals around Lyon. This is one of the best we have seen. It is on the wall of a tall building and it is quite huge. It was created in the mid-1990s and depicts thirty well known personalities of Lyon. It is quite life like and it is rather good. This is an absolute must see!…
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Date of experience: August 2019
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saw on hop on hop off bus...great execution and very interesting to look at ...good variety of subjects
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Date of experience: November 2019
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One of several murals scattered through Lyon, Fresque des Lyonnais is one of the most widely known and features representations of around 25 of Lyon's famous inhabitants from Roman times through to the present day, shown a figures standing in front of the building, on balconies or at windows painted on to a seven storey building…
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Date of experience: December 2019
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We visited the frescoes in New Town during an excursion on our visit with Viking cruises. The frescoes are very well done and great photo ops, as evidenced by the throng of visitors taking snaps of them on a cold November day. I can't imagine how crazy it must be during the height of the tourist season! I was glad that we had a local guide with us during the visit, as she was able to tell us the name and background of most people pictured in the frescoes. Some you would recognize, others you know by name but not their image, and still others are famous or important French citizens. To illustrate how well done the frescoes are, I have to relate an incident embarrassing to myself. While viewing them from the street I told my hubby that I was impressed that they had used the existing balconies to paint many of the people behind. That elicited a guffaw from the not-so-better-half (at the moment) and the comment that the balconies were painted. I argued against that, noticing that they were obviously three dimensional and that the shadows they cast on the wall shifted as you moved. OK, so that got a belly laugh from my soon to be ex husband! Amidst his laughter I got closer and shifted positions many times and FINALLY realized that they really are all painted on flat walls! The painting are so well done that they fooled even me, and I am not easily fooled (except when choosing husbands, obviously). This incident of merriment still never fails to gladden my hubby, who is soon to be available for a very low price on eBay. A great site to visit, but not with my hubby, LOL!…
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Date of experience: November 2019
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Wendy V wrote a review Nov 2019
Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada1,102 contributions120 helpful votes
Good to walk around to find this. Amazing detail in the painting. Lots to look at and marvel at. One of many murals in the city.
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Date of experience: October 2019
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