![This photograph taken on December 6, 2023 shows the Palais Saint-Pierre illuminated for the preview of the Festival of Lights (Fete des Lumieres), in Lyon, central eastern France. The Festival of Lights (Fete des Lumieres) is marked each year on December 8, since 1852, on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, after the city was spared by the plague of 1643. (Photo by Olivier CHASSIGNOLE / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION (Photo by OLIVIER CHASSIGNOLE/AFP via Getty Images)](https://static.sky.it/editorialimages/f64a21683cb1ddc0dadf8415c630192b50b5f66e/skytg24/it/mondo/2023/12/07/festa-luci-lione-2023/luci-lione-getty_10.jpg?im=Resize,width=375)
Festa delle Luci di Lione, le più belle installazioni dell'edizione 2023. FOTO
La Festa delle Luci trae la sua origine da una tradizione cattolica, quella di ringraziare la Vergine Maria, protettrice della città, ogni 8 dicembre giorno dell'Immacolata concezione, mettendo un lumino alla finestra
![1828260093 A woman takes a selfie during the preview of the Festival of Lights (Fete des Lumieres), in Lyon, central eastern France, on December 6, 2023. The Festival of Lights (Fete des Lumieres) is marked each year on December 8, since 1852, on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, after the city was spared by the plague of 1643. (Photo by OLIVIER CHASSIGNOLE / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION (Photo by OLIVIER CHASSIGNOLE/AFP via Getty Images)](https://static.sky.it/editorialimages/2e02fe765ef6b27534ecb6fcf51d21ad0682ebd3/skytg24/it/mondo/2023/12/07/festa-luci-lione-2023/luci-lione-getty_2.jpg?im=Resize,width=335)
LA FESTA DELLE LUCI
- La Festa delle Luci prende il via oggi a Lione. Si tratta di una tradizione che prosegue, per la festa dell'Immacolata concezione, sin dal 1852
![1828865458 This photograph taken on December 6, 2023 shows the Palais Saint-Pierre illuminated for the preview of the Festival of Lights (Fete des Lumieres), in Lyon, central eastern France. The Festival of Lights (Fete des Lumieres) is marked each year on December 8, since 1852, on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, after the city was spared by the plague of 1643. (Photo by Olivier CHASSIGNOLE / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION (Photo by OLIVIER CHASSIGNOLE/AFP via Getty Images)](https://static.sky.it/editorialimages/f64a21683cb1ddc0dadf8415c630192b50b5f66e/skytg24/it/mondo/2023/12/07/festa-luci-lione-2023/luci-lione-getty_10.jpg?im=Resize,width=335)
32 INSTALLAZIONI
- "È una festa delle Luci che si distende e si estende nella città", ha osservato il sindaco Grégory Doucet presentando le 32 installazioni
![1828212613 French singer and actor Philippe Katerine stands next to his work during the preview of the Festival of Lights (Fete des Lumieres), in Lyon, central eastern France, on December 6, 2023. The Festival of Lights (Fete des Lumieres) is marked each year on December 8, since 1852, on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, after the city was spared by the plague of 1643. (Photo by OLIVIER CHASSIGNOLE / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY MENTION OF THE ARTIST UPON PUBLICATION - TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION (Photo by OLIVIER CHASSIGNOLE/AFP via Getty Images)](https://static.sky.it/editorialimages/a92d3d5c232003bad038a3414cf8913f2872d6b2/skytg24/it/mondo/2023/12/07/festa-luci-lione-2023/luci-lione-getty_1.jpg?im=Resize,width=335)
I VISITATORI
- Per il festival, sono attesi in città da qui a domenica due milioni di visitatori
![1828264847 Children look around the the Festival of Lights (Fete des Lumieres) during a preview in Lyon, central eastern France, on December 6, 2023. The Festival of Lights (Fete des Lumieres) is marked each year on December 8, since 1852, on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, after the city was spared by the plague of 1643. (Photo by OLIVIER CHASSIGNOLE / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION (Photo by OLIVIER CHASSIGNOLE/AFP via Getty Images)](https://static.sky.it/editorialimages/17089f225612ae9c8912ad862a1bb0aecf6dada6/skytg24/it/mondo/2023/12/07/festa-luci-lione-2023/luci-lione-getty_3.jpg?im=Resize,width=335)
GLI ARTISTI
- Tante le novità: 19 delle 32 opere sono state realizzate da artisti che non avevano mai partecipato a questo evento
![1828699473 This photograph taken on December 6, 2023 shows the Place des Terreaux illuminated for the preview of the Festival of Lights (Fete des Lumieres), in Lyon, central eastern France. The Festival of Lights (Fete des Lumieres) is marked each year on December 8, since 1852, on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, after the city was spared by the plague of 1643. (Photo by OLIVIER CHASSIGNOLE / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION (Photo by OLIVIER CHASSIGNOLE/AFP via Getty Images)](https://static.sky.it/editorialimages/76af9501bcf4483524e2b418f108398e521b1aba/skytg24/it/mondo/2023/12/07/festa-luci-lione-2023/luci-lione-getty_6.jpg?im=Resize,width=335)
I LUOGHI
- Il festival tradizionalmente coinvolge il neoclassico parco della Tête d'Or, la Presqu'Ile e la Vieux-Lyon. Ma quest'anno, per la prima volta, la festa delle luci raggiungerà due quartieri più popolari, la Duchère e la zona Etats-Units
![1828793432 This photograph taken on December 6, 2023 shows the Place des Terreaux illuminated for the preview of the Festival of Lights (Fete des Lumieres), in Lyon, central eastern France. The Festival of Lights (Fete des Lumieres) is marked each year on December 8, since 1852, on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, after the city was spared by the plague of 1643. (Photo by OLIVIER CHASSIGNOLE / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION (Photo by OLIVIER CHASSIGNOLE/AFP via Getty Images)](https://static.sky.it/editorialimages/987cf76e75e25273b747cdbc60cdde4ec05072ea/skytg24/it/mondo/2023/12/07/festa-luci-lione-2023/luci-lione-getty_9.jpg?im=Resize,width=335)
LE ORIGINI
- La Festa delle Luci trae la sua origine da una tradizione cattolica, quella di ringraziare la Vergine Maria, protettrice della città, ogni 8 dicembre, mettendo un lumino alla finestra