Lyon Museum of Art

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Climbing along the stone-walled alleys of downtown Lyon, a museum set sparsely on the square overlooking Fourvière Hill quietly catches the eye, like a symphony holding the stillness of antiquity. With every step passing along the iron railings, the breath of art seems to flow down along the walls. Inside, centuries of traces remain intact in the wooden floors and the exposed ceiling, preserving the fragrance of a bygone era. The moment Greek-era sculptures reflect the light and a medieval Madonna quietly opens her eyes, time seems to stand still. Meanwhile, when one reaches the Impressionist masterpieces, the layered brushstrokes are dazzling enough to leave the eye in a daze, and a sensation as if receiving the very wind of that era seeps into the body.