Lyon

The arena takes the route from the working-class nineteenth century to the public authority of Roman Lugdunum.

The excavations will show how an incorrect guess changed the fate of the site that was found.

Two neighboring churches connect a wartime vow with the hill’s present-day silhouette.

Here, the dispute over power will move from the revolutionary city hall to the origins of the city council.

Here, the renovation of a residential building becomes a dispute over whether residents should make way for renewal.

The final stretch will show how the square’s commercial settlements became linked to a royal loan.

This stop links new urban transport with a discovery the builders decided to preserve.

The descent will link a pilgrimage route to an attempt to repay creditors.

A plaque marks the place where the Canuts tried to manage everyday trade themselves.

Here the district first appears through people whom the artists returned to the façade at different ages.

Here it will become clear why the city museum began alongside looms.

A contemporary episode will test whom the city is prepared to consider a real artist.

The passage will let you compare the first silk workers with today’s fabric artisans.

The finale will show why the restored facades matter more than their unified ceremonial appearance.

Here you will see why the workings of the silk trade once drove workshop owners out of their apartments and into the streets.

This stop will show how a church election turned into a problem of locked doors.

The finale will show how the space in front of Lyon City Hall became a site of direct dispute with the city authorities.

Here, the route begins a conversation about who had the right to act on the city’s behalf.

Here, monastic land will become a test for a commercial project that needed a theater.