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At the junction of the quai St. Vincent (number 49) and rue Martiniere is an apartment block whose facade is covered with a fresco of famous people of Lyon from the 19C. Among them are the Lumiere brothers (lower right, number 1 picture) the first creators of moving pictures and others placed in the building seen in others views (example Ampere). On many other streets there are other scenes of the city.
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In Lyon, the walls tell stories.... This is the kingdom of trompe l'oeil, paintings, creating a world of fantasy and poetry with more than 150 painted walls.
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Lyon is said to have 150 large-scale trompe l'oeil murals scattered around the city. The ones I have seen show an astonishing attention to detail.
Here is one example.
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