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Sights * Cathédrale St.-Jean * Centre d'Histoire de la Résistance et de la Déportation * Croix-Rousse * Fourvière * Maison des Canuts * Musée de la Civilisation Gallo-Romain * Musée des Beaux-Arts * Musée Gadagne * Musée des Tissus et Musée des Arts Decoratifs * Parc de la Tête d'Or * Place Bellecour * Vieux Lyon	Musée des Beaux-Arts The elegant mass of the Musée des Beaux-Arts (Museum of Fine Arts) dominates one side of the spacious place des Terreaux, with the impressive Hôtel de Ville (Town Hall) at right angles to it. The building was formerly the Benedictine convent of St.-Pierre, rebuilt between 1659 and 1685, and it opened as a museum in 1803. The museum has exhibits from Egypt and the ancient world, and collections of pottery, porcelain, glass and sculpture. Track down the Lalique glass display and the charming animal figurines, including a cumbersome yet graceful polar bear by 19th-century sculptor François Pompon. In the entrance foyer Pietro Perugino's Ascension of Christ, one of the artist's finest works outside Italy, is a fitting introduction to what's in store. Address: 20 place des Terreaux Phone: 04 72 10 17 40 Open: Wed.-Thu. and Sat.-Mon. 10-6, Fri. 10:30-6 Restaurant: Museum restaurant Bus: 1, 3, 6, 13, 18, 19, 44 Metro: Hôtel de Ville Admission: less than €4	COUNTRY France REGION French Riviera CITIES Paris Lyon   Things To Know   Sights   Essential Info   Features Nice Strasbourg MAPS World Europe TRAVEL BOOK