Visiting Lyon during the Fête des Lumières (Festival of Lights), France
2024 was a very special year for the yearly celebration in Lyon where the entire city lights up in order to accommodate the huge amounts of people that come all across the globe to visit something called the "fête des lumières". This year, we had the opportunity to go and inspite of all the fatigue and everything else, it is an experience everyone must have once in their lives! The History and why this festival is celebrated In the year 1643, the city of Lyon was affected by the plague. A lot of people were losing their lives and that is when the rich decided to give hope calling forth the virgin Mary from the Christian Faith and lighting up the city in her divine benediction and lights. Hence started the Fête des lumières. From the first illuminations in the 1850s, this festival has always been special to Lyon. All about the event This year there were a total of 32 events all over the city and we started with the most beautiful one, the Basicila of Notre dame de Fourvière,...