The mural known as the Library of the City, or La Bibliothèque de la Cité, covers the exterior wall of a building at the corner of Rue de la Platière and Quai de la Pêcherie. You can identify it by its massive trompe-l'œil design, which…
Painted Walls of Lyon
This walk climbs the historic slopes of Croix-Rousse to see the monumental trompe-l'œil murals that turn Lyon's blank building facades into open-air history museums. You'll see how local artists have captured the city's literary heroes, historic silk weavers, and everyday community life.
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1. Fresco "The library of the city"
2. Fresque des Lyonnais
The Fresque des Lyonnais is a massive trompe l'oeil mural that covers eight hundred square meters on the side of a six-story building. Located at the intersection of Quai Saint-Vincent and Rue de la Martinière, the painting creates an…
3. Fresque Hommage à Tony Tollet
This fresco is recognizable by five large, vertically aligned panels that stretch across four stories of an apartment building on Rue Pareille. It was inaugurated in September two thousand twelve to honor the Lyonnais painter Tony Tollet,…
4. Fresque Végétale Lumière
The Fresque Végétale Lumière stretches one hundred twenty meters along the Rue de l'Annonciade, covering the boundary wall of the Saint Charles clinic. This eight-hundred-square-meter installation is identified by its blend of traditional…
5. Fresque "Route de la Soie
The mural Les Routes de la Soie, or The Silk Roads, covers two faces of a building located at four rue Carquillat in the Clos Jouve area. Painted in shades of red and white, the work spans one hundred and fifty square meters on each side…
6. Mur des Canuts
The Mur des Canuts is a twelve-hundred square meter trompe-l’oeil mural that covers the side of an otherwise blank building at the intersection of Boulevard des Canuts and Rue-Denfert-Rochereau. It is a hyper-realistic depiction of the…