To the Golden Bustard

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Admire the Gothic façade of the building, observe the mullioned windows, the beautiful door at number 19, with its semicircular arch above it and the wrought iron impost.

Look out for the Golden Bustard sign, a door lintel sculpture added in 1708 by the poultry merchant, with his motto 'I am worth more than all game'. Bustard was considered a noble meat. Imagine the exquisite delicacies that delighted diners at aristocratic feasts.

The Maison de l'Outarde offers an immersion in Lyon's gastronomic past. The success of the Lyon fairs made the city a center for the supply and consumption of foodstuffs, which undoubtedly contributed to the origin of its gourmet reputation.

You can enter the courtyard and admire the galleries, the spiral staircase and the two corbelled turrets. These constructions, remarkable with their superimposed classical orders, were in the spirit of Philibert de l'Orme, and comparable to the galleries he created on squinches at 8 rue Juiverie,

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Pierre Bossan

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