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Lugdunum Musée et Théâtres

Illustration — The museum seen from the Roman theatre • Illustration — Interior of the museum • Illustration — Circus Games Mosaic, 2nd century Lugdunum, formerly known as the Gallo-Roman Museum of Lyon-Fourvière (musée gallo-romain de Fourvière) or Museum of Roman Civilisation (musée de la Civilisation romaine), is a museum of Gallo-Roman civilisation in Lyon (Roman Lugdunum). Previously presented at the Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon and the Antiquarium, the municipal Gallo-Roman collection was transferred to a new building designed by Bernard Zehrfuss and opened in 1975, near the city's Roman theatre and odeon, on a hill known as Fourvière, located in the heart of the Roman city. Internally, it is formed of a concrete spiral ramp descending and branching out into the display rooms.

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Illustration — The museum seen from the Roman theatre • Illustration — Interior of the museum • Illustration — Circus Games Mosaic, 2nd century Lugdunum, formerly known as the Gallo-Roman Museum of Lyon-Fourvière (musée gallo-romain de Fourvière) or Museum of Roman Civilisation (musée de la Civilisation romaine), is a museum of Gallo-Roman civilisation in Lyon (Roman Lugdunum). Previously presented at the Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon and the Antiquarium, the municipal Gallo-Roman collection was transferred to a new building designed by Bernard Zehrfuss and opened in 1975, near the city's Roman theatre and odeon, on a hill known as Fourvière, located in the heart of the Roman city. Internally, it is formed of a concrete spiral ramp descending and branching out into the display rooms.

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