Château de Rochetaillée-sur-Saone

The château de Rochetaillée-sur-Saône, about eleven kilometres north of Lyon, houses the Henri Malartre automobile museum. This museum was founded in 1959 by Henri Malartre (1905–2005), a passionate collector, then became a museum of the City of Lyon in 1972. It gathers about one hundred and fifty cars built between 1890 and 1986, including about twenty unique specimens, as well as about forty motorcycles from 1903 to 1955 and thirty-one bicycles from 1818 to 1960. You also see period posters and a thousand engines and accessories. Lyon makes now vanished, such as Luc Court, Rochet-Schneider or Viratelle, are represented there. The museum offers themed guided tours and rides aboard old vehicles. It suits enthusiasts as well as families.

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