We took another day trip to Lyon and I ended up again in Place Bellecour and saw that le Roi Louis XIV was now back to his best.
The statue is by Lyonnais sculptor Lemot commissioned during the Bourbon Restoration after the fall of Napoleon. It was the biggest bronze casting of its time.
The original was melted down during the revolution and made into canons.
I love the detail on the horse’s neck and the king’s sandalled feet.
There is also some sort of art installation in the square. I don’t know if it’s permanent but it certainly brightens up the place
Thrown to (the) Lyon 