Lyon's 'Fete des Lumieres', or Festival of Lights, which features intricate light displays projected on historical monuments and public buildings across the city, started on Friday (December 5).

Close to two million visitors from all over the world are expected to attend the four-day-long festival in which locals celebrate the Virgin Mary by putting a candle on their window sills.

Around 20 installations created by artists from France and beyond will light up buildings, squares and streets in the city.

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LYON, FRANCE (DECEMBER 5, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all) (NIGHT SHOTS)

1. (MUTE) DRONE SHOT OF DRONE SHOW FROM ‘ALLUMEE’ IN THE SKY ABOVE LYON

2. VARIOUS OF DRONE SHOW

3. VARIOUS OF ‘HDV’ INSTALLATION ON LOUIS-PRADEL SQUARE FROM ‘NUMBER 8 RÉMY BERGERON’ PAYING TRIBUTE TO SKATEBOARD IN LYON

4. VARIOUS OF LIGHT SHOW ‘LUMINA’ FROM LASZLO ZSOLT BORDOS ON SAINT JEAN CATHEDRAL

5. (MUTE) DRONE SHOT OF LIGHT SHOW ‘NEW WAVE’ CREATED BY SVITLANA REINISH, PANAGIOTIS TOMARAS AND VALI CHINCIȘAN ON SAINT-PAUL TRAIN STATION BUILDING

6. LIGHT SHOW ‘NEW WAVE’

7. LIGHT SHOW ‘THE PERSIAN TRUNKS’ ON FOURVIERE HILL CREATED BY THIERRY PIERRAS

8. (MUTE) LIGHT SHOW ‘THE LIGHT GARDEN’ ON ANTONIN PONCET SQUARE CREATED BY OREL OLIVIER DAVY

9. LIGHT SHOW ‘THE LIGHT GARDEN’

10. PEOPLE DANCING

11. (MUTE) CANDLES

12. LIGHT SHOW ‘THE CANDLES OF THE HEART’ CREATED BY THE CITY OF LYON ON JACOBINS SQUARE

13. (MUTE) DRONE SHOT OF LYON

14. VARIOUS OF LIGHT SHOW ‘MONDAY IS RAVIOLI DAY!’ FROM TIGRELAB ON TERREAUX SQUARE

15. SPECTATOR FILMING WITH PHONE THE LIGHT SHOW ‘ONION SKIN’ FROM THOMAS VAQUIE AND OLIVIER RATSI ON ALBON SQUARE

16. LIGHT SHOW ‘ONION SKIN’

17. VARIOUS OF LIGHT SHOW ‘STRANGER LIGHTS - THE LAST ADVENTURE IN LYON’ FROM STRANGER CREW ON SATHONAY SQUARE

18. LIGHT SHOW ‘ROW’ FROM TUNDRA INSIDE LYON OPERA

19. (MUTE) LIGHT SHOW ‘POST IDOLS’ FROM PITAYA AT LA TETE D’OR PARK

20. PEOPLE PASSING IN FRONT OF GIANT CAT STATUE FROM PHILIPPE GELUCK’S COMIC ‘THE CAT’