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Social programme |
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| New! DFT09 congressists invited by "Rhône County Council" |
On Wednesday, 2nd September, DFT09 congressists will be received in the Rhone County Hall for cocktails.
An invitation from Mr. Lionel LASSAGNE, President of the Rhone County Council, for a reception in the “Grand Salon” of the prestigious County Hall, with the opportunity to discover a majestic building and its several paintings and sculptures. |
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Guided Visit in Lyon Historic City & Gala Dinner
Thursday, Sept. 3rd: |
Lyon Renaissance district and its "traboules" |
This Renaissance district, listed by the organization "Historical Monuments", is the largest of its kind in France. It consists of 3 separate villages: St Georges to the South, St Paul to the North-East, and St Jean in the middle.
The area mainly became a town in itself during the 15th and 16th centuries. The tour enables you to see St. John's Cathedral, and then the district itself with its narrow streets, inner courtyards and "traboules". |
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From Fourvière to the Old Lyon |
An historic walk in the major sites of Lyon.
During a walk down Fourvière hill, important periods of Lyon history are evoked:
- The city during the 19th century and the erection of Our Lady of Fourvière’s basilica
- The Gallo-Roman period on the antique site, with its two theatres.
- At the bottom of the hill, the Renaissance Lyon stretches, with its traboules and narrow streets... |
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When the Court of France lived in Lyon |
The Renaissance period in Lyon
A walk through the Vieux Lyon to know everything about how people lived in the Renaissance period: silk, gastronomy, housing conditions and daily life. |
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Gala dinner in the “Abbaye de Collonges” |
Three miles (5 km) outside the city of Lyon, on the banks of the river Saône, the “Abbaye of Collonges” stands in all its splendor, offering you a unique welcome.
The sound of the playing of its grand fairground organs, so lovingly restored, will bring thrills and joy to the heart, the moment you enter this domain created expressly for good times, totally independent, on one side your pleasure, on the other your professional meetings and conventions.
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A brief history of Paul Bocuse's Abbaye of Collonges |
Back in 1765, one of Paul Bocuse's ancestors, the wife of the miller of Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or was known for her cooking by the local countryfolk who brought their corn to the mill. When the Paris-Lyon-Marseille main line railway was built in 1840, running a few metres from where the Restaurant Paul Bocuse stands today, the mill was demolished. |
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The Bocuse family had to move a little way downstream, to a farm once belonged to the monks on the Ile-Barbe. Generations later, in 1921, Paul's grandfather Joseph, married to Marie, one day suddenly decided to sell this establishment and with it went the name of the first family restaurant on the river Saone, the "Restaurant Bocuse". |
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A few years later, in 1925, Paul's father, Georges Bocuse married Irma Roulier whose parents were restaurateurs owning the "Hotel du Pont de Collonges" (today the Restaurant Paul Bocuse), where Paul Bocuse was born on February 11, 1926.
Georges Bocuse already had a certain reputation for his cuisine but to his great misfortune, since his father had sold the building and name of their family restaurant, he could not give his restaurant his own name. Matters were further aggravated when the restaurateur who had bought Joseph and Marie's business moved into the Abbaye of Collonges, calling it the "Restaurant Bocuse". |
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We must wait until 1966 for Paul Bocuse who, well-advanced in his professional career as chef - he had won his Meilleur Ouvrier de France title in 1961, was awarded his third Michelin star in 1965 - finally succeeded in buying back his great-grandparents' old restaurant and restoring to it the BOCUSE family name.
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Paul named his grandparents' old restaurant the "Abbaye de Collonges" in memory of the monks on the Ile-Barbe ; the letters of the BOCUSE family name shine out today from the roof of the restaurant they have now been running for over 50 years. |
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Optional guided visits |
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Institut Lumière
Tuesday, September 1st, 2009 – 10:00 AM |
Since 1982, the Institut Lumière has had its home in the heart of Monplaisir, that historical area of Lyon where the Lumière brothers invented the Cinematograph and where, in 1895, they shot the first film in the history of the cinema: "Sortie d'Usine". |
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Concurrently a place of reminiscence and a film theatre, the Institute is a genuine Living Museum of the Cinema. Films are screened, directors are invited, exhibitions are organized, and young viewers are educated within these walls. Its double vocation embodies heritage conservation – films, books, photos, posters, pre-cinematographic and cinematographic equipment – and publicity-related artistic activities – film screenings, exhibitions, publication, education and training. |
| More information on http://www.institut-lumiere.org/english/frames.html |
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Traboules of the Croix-Rousse and the famous Lyonnais' mural
Tuesday, September 1st, 2009 -
3:00 PM |
Discover the silk workers district and the renowned “traboules” passageways of the Croix-Rousse.
Visit to the Place des Terreaux, where you will admire the Town Hall, the Fine arts Museum and the Bartholdi's Fountain. The tour ends at the mural of the famous people of Lyon, another way to discover the history of the city through its great personalities. |
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Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009 -
10:00 AM
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Standing at the heart of Lyon's historical district, which is listed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon is one of Europe's leading museums. The rooms of this former 17th century royal Benedictine abbey are arranged around a shaded cloister, today a public garden. The collections illustrate key areas in the history of art, from Ancient Egypt to modern art. Important temporary exhibitions as well as a rich and varied cultural program make this a living and dynamic museum.
The 70 galleries used for permanent exhibition display the museum's collections of antiquities, art objects, coins and medals, sculpture, painting, and graphic arts.
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Middle Age Historic City "Pérouges"
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009 (with transport by private coach)
1:30 PM
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Leaning against the plateau of Dombes “thousand ponds” region, dominating the vast plain of Ain, stands the medieval city Pérouges. Standing high on the hill, the city is one of the most beautiful villages of France
Pérouges is a perfect example of a Middle Ages town. A village of craftsmen - it never knew the sway of a lord; its inhabitants already enjoyed their communal freedom as early as 1236.
The village can boast of an unequalled unity with its houses of the nobility and its more modest craftsmen's houses on the unevenly paved streets offering such a picturesque display. Conserved since 1911 by the Beaux Arts Commission, it has attracted film producers who have used exterior shots in numerous French films including "The Three Musketeers". |
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