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Special Events

Paul Chenavard (1807-1895) artist and prophet, 8 Jun-27 Aug, Fine Arts Museum

Nuits de Fourvière (Fourvière Nights)
, mid-Jun-mid-Sep, open-air Roman Theatres of Fourvière

Festival du Jazz à Vienne (Jazz in Vienne)
, Jul, Vienne

Fête Nationale (National Holiday)
, 13 Jul, in Gerland; celebration of Bastille Day of 14 July marked the evening before with a firework display

Biennale d'Art Contemporain (Contemporary Art Biennial)
, Jul-Sep, Halle Tony Garnier

Biennale Internationale de la Danse (International Dance Biennial)
, 8-30 Sep, throughout Lyons

'Tu Parles'; Le Français dans tous ses Etats ('You're talking'; The French Language in all its States)
, Oct-Dec, Museum of Contemporary Art

Settecento, the century of Tiepolo (eighteenth-century Italian Artist in Public French collections)
, 5 Oct-7 Jan 2001, Fine Arts Museum

Lyon Lumière Festival (Festival of Lights)
, 3-8 Dec, throughout Lyons





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