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Rue St-Jean Review
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Rue St-Jean
- Address: Vieux Lyon, Lyon
- Category: Neighborhoods/Streets
- Location: Lyon
Fodor's Review:
Once Vieux Lyon's major thoroughfare, this street leads north from place St-Jean to place du Change, where money changers operated during medieval trade fairs. Many area streets were named for their shops, still heralded by intricate iron signs. The elegant houses along the street were built for illustrious Lyonnais bankers and Italian silk merchants during the French Renaissance. The traboule at No. 54 leads all the way through to rue du Boeuf No. 27. Beautiful Renaissance courtyards can be visited at No. 50, No. 52, and No. 42. At No. 27 rue St-Jean an especially lovely traboule winds through to No. 6 rue des 3 Maries. No. 28 has a pretty courtyard; No. 24, the Maison Laurencin, has another; Maison Le Viste at No. 21 has a splendid facade. The courtyard at No. 18 merits a close look. The houses at No. 5 place du Gouvernment and No. 7 and No. 1 rue St-Jean also have facades you won't want to miss.
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