Facts about Lyon Cathedral
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The Cathedral hosted the very first Council of Lyon.
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During the Annual Festival of Light, the Cathedral displays a choreographed lighting display on the façade of the cathedral.
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The construction of the cathedral begun in 1180 and was completed in 1476.
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The Cathedral was built on top of the ruins of a 6th-century church.
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The cathedral is known as “Primatiale”.
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J.M.W. Turner sketched a study of the Cathedral from the heights of the Fourviere Hill, In 1819.
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The Cathedral of Lyon was styled in Romanesque and Gothic architecture.
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Cathedral of Lyon is dedicated to the Saint John the Baptist and is the seat of the Archbishop of Lyon.
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Edgar Degas used the Lyon Cathedral for the settings of his painting ‘Ceremony of Ordination at Lyon Cathedral’.
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The cathedral of Lyon was founded by Saint Pothinus and Saint Irenaeus, who were the first two bishops of Lyon.
