🇫🇷 Lyon | In Search of "The Little Prince's" Hometown
🇫🇷 Lyon | In Search of "The Little Prince's" Hometown ✨ ❤️ "One sees clearly only with the heart. What is essential is invisible to the eyes."🌹 ❤️ "If you tame me, it will be wonderful! Golden wheat will remind me of you. I'll love the sound of the wind in the wheat fields."🌾 📍 Lyon, France's second-largest city, is a UNESCO World Heritage site 🏛️ and the gastronomic capital of the world🍷. Locals proudly call it "Only Lyon". This city gave birth to Antoine de Saint-Exupéry ✍️, the legendary author of The Little Prince, making Lyon a place of romance and wonder 💫. 🌟 Born in Lyon in 1900 📅, Saint-Exupéry became famous for The Little Prince🤴. He disappeared on a flight mission on July 31, 1944 ✈️, later honored as a "Martyr of France". His other works include Night Flight🌙 and Wind, Sand and Stars⭐. Lyon has immortalized him in many ways—his face (with the Little Prince) once graced the 50-franc banknote 💶, and the city's airport ✈️ bears his name. ✨ Saint-Exupéry's Legacy in Lyon 💫 Statue of Saint-Exupéry & The Little Prince 🗿 📍 Southwest corner of Place Bellecour A 5-meter-tall marble column (weighing 7 tons!) by artist Christiane Guillaubey. Features Saint-Exupéry sitting with the Little Prince on top 👑. The base is engraved with three quotes from his works, including The Little Prince'sfinal page 📖. 💫 Rue Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 🏘️ 📍 His birthplace (No. 8 on this street!) The street where he was born was renamed in his honor. 💫 Fresque des Lyonnais (The Lyon Murals) 🎨 📍 Along the Saône River A 7-story mural celebrating 30 of Lyon's greatest figures, including: The Lumière brothers (inventors of cinema) 🎥 André-Marie Ampère (electricity pioneer) Saint-Exupéry & The Little Prince (middle-right, 3rd floor!) 👑 💫 Little Prince Souvenir Shop 🛍️ 📍 Rue Saint-Jean (Old Lyon's main street) The best place to find Little Princememorabilia—books 📚, postcards 💌, figurines 🎭, and more! #TailoredTravel #France #Lyon #LittlePrince #EuropeTravel
