Lyon & the French Alps - Discover France: Experience the Best of France - page 479

visits (adult/child €2/1; several times daily Apr-Nov) take in the main features of
the basilica and crypt; rooftop tours (adult/child €5/3; 2.30pm & 4pm daily Apr-
Oct, 2.30pm & 3.30pm Wed & Sun Nov) climax on the stone-sculpted roof.

MUSÉE D'ART RELIGIEUX
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Art Museum

( www.fourviere.org ; 8 place de Fourvière, 5e; adult/child €5/free; 10am-12.30pm &
2-5.30pm; Fourvière funicular station) Works of sacred art and worth-the-trip tem-
porary exhibitions are showcased adjacent to the basilica.

MUSÉE DE LA CIVILISATION GALLO-ROMAINE
( www.musees-gallo-romains.com ; 17 rue Cléberg, 5e; adult/child €4/free, Thu free;
10am-6pm Tue-Sun; Fourvière funicular station) Ancient artefacts found in the
Rhône Valley are displayed at the city's Roman museum. Next door, the Théâtre
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nicular station) , built around 15 BC and enlarged in AD 120, sat an audience of
10,000. Romans held poetry readings and musical recitals in the smaller, adjacent
odéon .

Archaeological Museum

Presqu'île
Lyon's city centre lies on this 500m- to 800m-wide peninsula bounded by the rivers
Rhône and Saône.

MUSÉE DES BEAUX-ARTS
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Art Museum

( www.mba-lyon.fr ; 20 place des Terreaux, 1er; adult/child €7/free; 10am-6pm Wed,
Thu & Sat-Mon, 10.30am-6pm Fri; Hôtel de Ville) This stunning and eminently
manageable museum showcases France's finest collection of sculptures and paint-
ings outside Paris from antiquity on. Highlights include works by Rodin, Rubens,
Rembrandt, Monet, Matisse and Picasso.

PLACE DES TERREAUX
( Hôtel de Ville) The centrepiece of the Presqu'île's beautiful central square is a
19th-century fountain made of 21 tonnes of lead and sculpted by Frédéric-Auguste

City Square