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Lyon (prononcé / l j ɔ̃ / [1] ou / l i ɔ̃ / Écouter [2]) est une commune française située dans le quart sud-est de la France, au confluent du Rhône et de la Saône.
Lyon. Location of Lyon in France. Place Du Griffon, Lyon, France. Lyon ( Arpitan: Liyon) is a city in the southeast of France. It is the third-largest city in the country (behind Paris and Marseille ), with about 513,000 people living there in 2015. It is the second largest metropolis, or metro area, in France (behind only that of Paris), with ...
Lyon , English Lyons, City (pop., 2006 est.: city, 472,305; metro. area, 1,417,463), east-central France. Located at the confluence of the Rhône and Saône rivers, it was founded as the Roman military colony Lugdunum in 43 bc ( see Lorraine) and became a principal city of Gaul.
Lyon is the capital of the French administrative region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. A city of half a million, Lyon alone is the country's third-largest city, but its metropolitan area is only second in population to Paris. Lyon is mostly known as the gastronomic epicentre of France, with one of the highest concentrations of restaurants per capita ...
Dec 2, 2010 · The long history of Lyon, which was founded by the Romans in the 1st century B.C. as the capital of the Three Gauls and has continued to play a major role in Europe's political, cultural and economic development ever since, is vividly illustrated by its urban fabric and the many fine historic buildings from all periods.
Rue de Gadagne in the heart of the Vieux Lyon. Vieux Lyon ([vjø ljɔ̃], English: Old Lyon) is the largest Renaissance district of Lyon. In 1964, Vieux-Lyon, the city's oldest district, became the first site in France to be protected under the Malraux law to protect France's cultural sites.
Lyon is the ancient capital of Gaul with a rich history of more than 2000 years. There still exists today evidence of its long past, in landmarks such as the Gallo-Roman Amphitheatre and its 15th century cathedral at Saint-Jean.
