Grande fresque de la gare de Lyon

As part of a major renovation completed in 1980, Jean-Paul Letellier delivered the panels relating to the Paris-Lyon section.

The mural occupies the entire upper level of a wall in the ticketing gallery of the gare de Lyon.

With a length of 100 meters,[1] the mural is mounted on the gallery's southwest wall, which runs along Concourse 1 of the historic main rail station (Hall 1).

[1][3] The architect Marius Toudoire proposed that the mural be created to liven up what was originally a non-descript transit area of the train station.

[4] The mural reflected and encouraged the growing interest in leisure travel in the early twentieth century, when the development of rail infrastructure was facilitating upper class tourism to the sea resorts on the Mediterranean.

[1][3] By advertising the beauty of the natural environment and the cultural landmarks of the French Riviera, the panels acted as publicity for tourism to the region.

[5] The gallery of frescoes was included on the French Ministry of Culture's list of historical monuments on 28 December 1984, along with other architectural elements of the gare de Lyon.

[7] The mural occupies the entire length of the gallery and depicts, in sequence, the main destinations and tourist sites accessible by train from the gare de Lyon.