Guillotière Cemetery
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Guillotière Cemetery is the name of two adjacent but associated cemeteries in Lyon, France. The two cemeteries are distinguished according to when they were built: the new cemetery was built in 1854 a
Row number 3 in the new cemetery
New cemetery blueprint
The old cemetery
The crematorium in the new cemetery
Lyon Commune
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The Lyon Commune was a short-lived revolutionary movement in Lyon, France, in 1870–1871. Republicans and activists from several components of the far-left of the time seized power in Lyon and establis
Storming of the city hall and proclamation of the Republic.
Final fighting around the town hall of La Guillotière on April 30.
Poster of the first Municipality of Lyon, kept at the Municipal Archives of Lyon, ref. 6fi 6833
Poster proclaiming the Second Lyon Commune on March 23, 1871, kept at the Municipal Archives of Lyon, ref. 6fi 6832