{"id":70,"date":"2007-12-16T17:26:31","date_gmt":"2007-12-16T17:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dur.ac.uk\/paul.hodgkinson\/wordpress\/index.php\/2007\/12\/fte-des-lumires\/"},"modified":"2023-03-09T13:36:58","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T13:36:58","slug":"fte-des-lumires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/2007\/12\/fte-des-lumires\/","title":{"rendered":"F\u00eate des Lumi\u00e8res"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pictures from an unexpected return to Lyon in December to visit Durham students on placement at the CPE<\/a>, Lyon.<\/p>\n

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Terminal 2F at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport<\/a>. The wide open spaces are a pleasant change from most airport architecture (although leave little room for construction lapses – Terminal 2E partially collapsed in 2004 and had to be completely rebuilt…)<\/p>\n

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Early evening view across le Pont de Lattre de Tassigny (Rh\u00f4ne) from a viewpoint on the slopes of the Croix-Rousse<\/a> [45 46 21 N, 4 50 10 E]. The Croix-Rousse was a centre of silk production in the 19th Century resulting in some distinctive architecture; apartments with high ceilings to accommodate silk looms, and a network of staircases and passageways (traboules<\/a>), which allowed the finished silk to be protected from the weather during transport.<\/p>\n

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The most well-known of the traboules – \u201cthe Cour des Voraces (“courtyard of the voracious (ones)”) at 9 place Colbert. The name apparently refers to a group of particularly militant silk workers who campaigned inter alia<\/em> against a plan to reduce the size of the standard Lyonnais wine measure…<\/p>\n

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Normal accommodation in Lyon had been completely booked up by visitors to the F\u00eate des Lumi\u00e8res<\/a>. This has recently developed into a major tourist event centred around large artwork installations; here an incomprehensible slide show on the fa\u00e7ade of the Saint Paul railway station [45 45 58 N, 4 49 37 E].<\/p>\n

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Place Bellecour [45 45 29 N, 4 49 54 E]: Giant ferris wheel and the statue of Louis XIV turned into a snow dome…<\/p>\n

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Along Rue de la R\u00e9publique<\/p>\n

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And up the magnificent pedestrianised Mont\u00e9e de la Grande C\u00f4te [45 46 20 N, 4 49 54 E].<\/p>\n

The oddest “artwork” was “la vie en rose” – turning all the lights in the Lyon metro pink. According to the official guide:<\/p>\n

Les concepteurs […] proposent […] une entr\u00e9e optimiste et glamour dans les rigeurs de l’hiver. […] La partie cach\u00e9e du paysage urbain devient alors lumineuse et ce simple d\u00e9placement, un v\u00e9ritable voyage dans un univers inattendu et d\u00e9cal\u00e9.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Unsurprisingly French artspeak doesn’t translate well into English…<\/p>\n

Accommodation<\/strong>: Cercle Villemanzy [45 46 21 N, 4 50 8 E] was a converted military hospital (and a convent before the Revolution) for visiting scholars (how convenient). OK, but last refurbishment was clearly some time ago…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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