Churches have a habit of claiming historically religious spots. This location originally held a temple of Attis; when it was torn down, a basilica was erected here in commemoration of the Christian martyrs of Lyon of 177 A.D. Outsiders didn’t like the church very much – it was razed by the Saracens, Charles Martel and even parishioner named Peter Waldo. The current building started construction in 1303 and went on for a hundred years through. Boldly Gothic for the most part, the church nevertheless has a classically Renaissance portal. Damages, repairs and additions waged a war of attrition on the church over the centuries but it persevered. In the 1970’s the benevolent reputation of the church made it a staging ground for anti-police-brutality by the prostitutes of Lyon.

Items of note include:

• A crypt
• Several side chapels
• Pauline-Marie Jaricot’s tomb
• Mosaics by Gaspard Poncet, representing the Virgin Mary and the 48 martyrs of Lyon
• Antoine Coysevox’s Statue of the Virgin by 
• A neogothic inspired by Benoit’s designs
• Stained glasses 
• A 17th-century clock
• A plaque about the marriage of Frederic Ozanam

• Le Potager des Halles
• G, Ksar
• Best Bagels Company
• Cookers
• Nearby Public Transports:
• Hotel de Ville- Louis Pradel Metro Station (Line A and Line C)

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