1674 – Hotel de Ville, Lyon, France
Architect: Jules Hardouin-Mansart
The Town Hall on place des Terreaux,
The Town Hall on place des Terreaux,
Designed as a multipurpose building to house the Chamber of Commerce and the Commercial Court as well as a museum of art and industry,
Published in The Building News,
In 1756, one of the first opera houses created inside an existing freestanding building was opened in Lyon.