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Very nice medieval look
The Cathedral of Saint John Baptist de Lyon is a Roman style cathedral, which is next to the Rhone River, in the district of Old Lyon. If you take the subway there, you have to get off at the Vieux Lyon stop, or you can go on foot, or by Vélov, free bikes you'll see all over teh place and, at 1 euro per week,are the best way to discover Lyon. Then, you reach the courthouse walkway or Bonaparte Bridge. If you're coming from the Place Bellecour, the largest beach in the city, then the church is just on the other side. As the streets of Old Lyon are very narrow, you don't see the wall unless you go in the square in front of the church.
It is beneath the hill and the Basilica of Fourvière. It was built in the 15th century on the ruins of an old church originally built in the 6th century. There's an old astronomical clock which is pretty nice and dates back to the 14th century. Before the construction of the Basilica of Fourvière, this was the was the main church of Lyon. We visited it at the same time we were exploring old Lyon which still retains a very nice medieval look.
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