Place de la Republique hosting a light show during light rehearsals on the eve of the 2017 edition of the Festival of Lights (Fete des Lumieres), which marks each year since December 8, 1852 on the feast of Immaculate Conception a tribute to Mary, mother of Jesus, after the town was spared by the 1643 plague.Lyon, Central France, December 7, 2017. Photo by Julien Reynaud/APS-Medias/ABACAPRESS.COM