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The Miniature and Cinema Museum, housed in the 16th century Maison des Avocats (Legal Chamber), displays about 120 miniature models of various historical and contemporary scenesof houses, restaurants, workshops, schools, etc.
The Miniature and Cinema Museum, housed in the 16th century Maison des Avocats (Legal Chamber), displays about 120 miniature models of various historical and contemporary scenesof houses, restaurants, workshops, schools, etc. from Lyon and elsewhere, created by artist Dan Ohlmann.Built to a 1:12 scale, the accuracy and detail of the dioramas is astonishing. The museum also displays miniature movie scenes as well as model rooms, masks, prostheses, robots and other special-effects production items on loan from the biggest American, British, German and French studios. You can see original props from movies such as Gladiator, Aliens, Independence Day, and Minority Report.
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60 Rue Saint-Jean, 69005 Lyon, France
+33 4 72 00 24 77
Lyon is known for its buildings with traboules, though some have very beautiful courtyards but no real traboules (crossing from one street to another)
Rue du Boeuf runs parallel to the touristy Rue St Jean, but is much quieter and just as beautiful
The traboules are a unique architectural feature of Lyon's historical buildings, largely influenced by Italy and especially Florence
Rue St Jean is the main thoroughfare of Vieux Lyon, part of the city's UNESCO World Heritage Site
Adjacent to the St Jean Cathedral (on the northern side), the archaeological garden exhibits the remnants of the religious buildings which occupied the site before the cathedral was erected
The French neo-classical court house of Palais de Justice, also known as 'the 24 columns' for its colonnaded facade, was built between 1835 and 1842 by architect Louis-Pierre Baltard
The Lyon Cathedral, officially named the St Jean Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral dedicated to Saint John the Baptist
Musee Gadagne is home to Musée d'histoire de Lyon (Museum of Lyon History), and the Musée des marionnettes du monde (Museum of world puppets) which is centered around the famous Guignol of Lyon puppet character, an intelligent, brave and funny but impoverished man
The Place du Change is the largest square in the area, and the old site of the drapery which was used in the 15th and 16th centuries by moneychangers
The Rue Juiverie is a street of Vieux Lyon named after the Jewish community which originally settled there, but was expelled in the 14th century
