Cathédrale Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Lyon
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- Best time to go
- April–October
- Accessibility
- limited
- Coordinates
- Open in maps
The Cathedral of St John the Baptist sits in the old town of Lyon at the foot of Fourvière hill, built between the twelfth and fifteenth centuries in a transition from Romanesque to Gothic. It is the seat of the Primate of the Gauls, a title of honour among French bishops. The cathedral is famous for its fourteenth-century astronomical clock, which chimes and sets automated figures in motion at set hours. Its west front carries hundreds of small carved medallions, and the surrounding Renaissance quarter is part of the UNESCO-listed old city.
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