Saint-Jean Cathedral
Guide
Photo: Otourly · CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
FreeChurchAllow 20–40 minPut together by AI from open data
What you'll see
A Gothic cathedral on the riverside square of the old town, with deep stone doorways, bright medieval stained glass and an astronomical clock whose figures move as it strikes.
A brief history
It took about three centuries to build, from the late 1100s, so its east end is Romanesque and its front Gothic; a French king, Henry IV, married Marie de' Medici here in 1600.
Tips
- Best time
- Midday, when the clock strikes at 12:00, 14:00, 15:00 and 16:00 (check)
- Cost
- Free
- Allow
- 20–40 min
- Free days
- Always free
- Hours
- Usually open daily, closed during services (check)
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Good to know
- Area
- Vieux Lyon: The Renaissance old town along the Saône, with its traboules and the cathedral: atmospheric, lively at night, with a hostel or two on the slope.
- Access
- Step-free
- Indoors or out
- Indoors: good on a hot or rainy day
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