In 43 B.C., L.M. Plancus chose Fourviere, a hill which dominates the Rhone river as the site for founding "Lugdunum." The city was built at a point where many of the roads met and was also symbolic of a crossing of destinies. It became the capital of Gaul, and Lyon is today the oldest Roman archeological site after Rome itself. The Old Town is one of the most important and well-preserved Renaissance sectors in Europe. But Lyon is also a silk capital, the place where the Jacquard method of weaving was invented, where manufacturers, merchants and silkweavers made the town famous throughout the world.
Dubbed France's second city, Lyon is graced with an outstanding geographical location and a stunningly picturesque landscape of which is dominated by two lofty hills and with the regions two rivers, the Saone and Rhone meeting and merging together. There is a definite contrast between Old Lyon (Vieux Lyon) and the bustling modern side which is striking.
As the capital of the Rhone-Alpes region, the city has a unique position at the very centre of Europe and as a large city, it possesses considerable industrial and business advantages. Numerous world-class companies and international institutions have set up their headquarters there, bringing the city into the front line among Europe's economic leaders. Its wide range of business sectors include metallurgy, electronics, chemistry, pharmaceutical products, biotechnology, the food industry, electricity, plastics technology and textiles, as well as banking and insurance, engineering and communication.
Lyon joins Prague as the second major urbancentre on the World Heritage list, with a surface area of 1,240 acres. The Lyon site encompasses the historic districts of the Croix-Rousse, Old city (Vieux Lyon) and the Peninsula (Presquile), all linked by 2,000 years of exceptional stability.
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Great page, which deserves way higher ratings that it currently has. Hope mine help bump them up!!! ;)
I've been there, well not for long, like 20 min or something when my towns football theme was living there :D
I'll only be in Lyon 1 night, but your tips will definitely help me out.
Planning a trip July 2006 to see Robert Plant at the Nuit de Fourviere... Your page was really helpful for planning the "must sees" for our brief visit. Thanks much!
Wonderful pages with beautiful descriptions.... hope to visit Lyon in June and your page has really inspired me. Greetings from Downunder, _ Kate
France is next for Carol and I, tho not till fall of '06 :( Trying to figure out where to go as we like few spots in-depth rather than lots of short stops. Lyon seems to offer a lot...how to decide :-? Thanks for splendidly adding to the confusion...Tom
Great page - as always!
As a neighbor (100 km), I go often to Lyon for job, but never really visited, except the Gallo-Roman museum ! Thank you for showing me all the 'must visit' in Lyon. May be I will one day go for a visit :-)))
Great pages. Heading back to Lyon in a couple of weeks. Looking forward to the seeing the Old Town.
I was in Lyon so long ago that I pretty much forgot what I had seen. Thanks for the refresher course.
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