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Boules lyonnaises

Also known as Boule lyonnaise · Sport-boules · Bocce volo

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Throw metal boules to land near the jack or knock opponent's boules away, with run-up allowed.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of France.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of Classical Worlds (about 1000 BCE to 500 CE), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of Celtic and Atlantic Europe.

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