Antonin Poncet takes off

Right next to Bellecour, head for Antonin-Poncet. On the banks of the Rhône river, its jetty offers an ideal spot to sup up the light which spirals around the four UFO-like masts of the Tony-Bertrand swimming pool.

 

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Night fly, by Remi Brun. Place Antonin Poncet, Lyon.

 

Two displays this year: the Light Footballers (les footballeurs lumineux) by artist Remi Brun and Night Flight (Vol de Nuit), inspired by writer and pilot Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, where colourful paintings on his plane tell a thousand stories.

 

 

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The antique theatre up in flames

To mark the 40th anniversary of the Gallo-Roman museum of Lyon, the antique theatre pulls out all the stops in its first light display.