.jpg/274px-France-003038_-_Basilica_of_Notre-Dame_de_Fourvi%C3%A8re_(15939822990_cropped).jpg&q=+lyon%20wikipedia&ck=C441F38017BC56F341515FFED60D333B&idpp=rc&idpview=singleimage&form=rc2idp "lyon wikipedia1")
.jpg/274px-Fontaine_Bartholdi_Place_des_Terreaux_(cropped).jpg&q=+lyon%20wikipedia&ck=A82331A541B50099CF862057BA86ABF7&idpp=rc&idpview=singleimage&form=rc2idp "lyon wikipedia5")
Place Bellecour
Search results
Lyon [c] ( Franco-Provençal: Liyon ), traditionally spelled in English as Lyons, [d] is the third-largest city of France. [e] It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, 391 km (243 mi) southeast of Paris, 278 km (173 mi) north of Marseille, 113 km (70 mi) southwest of Geneva, 58 km (36 ...
- History of Lyon
Lyon is a city in the southeast of France. The area has been...
- Lyon Metropolis
The Metropolis of Lyon (French: Métropole de Lyon, French...
- Arrondissements of Lyon
The nine arrondissements of Lyon are the administrative...
- Talk
Cities portal; This article is within the scope of...
- Vieux Lyon
Saint-Jean quarter, part of the Vieux Lyon, with the...
- French Alps
The French Alps (French: Alpes françaises) are the portions...
- History of Lyon
- Antiquity
- Lyon, Capital of Gaul
- Christianization
- Middle Ages
- Renaissance
- The French Revolution
- Modern Times
- See Also
- Sources
- Bibliography
Colonia Copia Claudia Augusta Lugdunum (modern: Lyon, France) was an important Roman city in Gaul. Due to its strategic position, the city was founded in 43 BC by Lucius Munatius Plancus and served as the capital of the Roman province Gallia Lugdunensis. The town grew considerably and for 300 years after its foundation Lugdunum was the most importa...
Situated at a strategic point, the colony quickly became a great city owing to three particular features. First, the campaign by Augustus, in the year 20 B.C., to conquer Germania. For this, Lugdunum was in an ideal location, with a network of roads which directly traced to the city center. This placed it at the center of Gallic communication, and ...
Christianity was brought to Lugdunum by the Greeks from Asia Minor who had settled there in large numbers. In AD 177 the Christian community sent a letter to their co-religionists in Asia Minor, giving the names of 48 of their number who had suffered martyrdom in the Croix-Rousse amphitheatre, among them St Pothinus, first Bishop of Lyon. A vault l...
In the period that followed the collapse of the Roman Empire of the West, Lyon survived as an important urban centre, and a number of important monastic communities established themselves there. In 843 it was assigned to Lotharingia by the Treaty of Verdun, and then passed to the Burgundian kingdom. It became the centre of the County of Lyon, the l...
During the Renaissance Lyon is a city that is crowded but whose morphology does not move much. It does not spread, it becomes denser. In the late fifteenth century, the two most densely populated are the right bank of the Saône and, an urban middle class and corresponding to the old Via Mercatoria, which ran from the bridge over the Saône to that o...
The French Revolution put an end to this quiet and prosperous period. In 1793, Lyon chose to support the Girondists against the "Convention" (the government that reigned from September 1792 to September 1795), in what became known as the revolt of Lyon against the National Convention and was considered too royalist. As a result, the city had to end...
Urban development continued to expand and change the face of the city, with the silk-processing industry playing a dominant role in the economy. By the end of the 19th century Lyon had 310 silk factories with 210,000 workers, and 320 silk traders. Exports went mainly to North America and England, but even to India and China. During World War II, Ly...
Lucien Musset, Les Invasions, le second assaut contre l’Europe chrétienne, PUF, collection Nouvelle Clio – l’histoire et ses problèmes, Paris, 1965, 2nd édition 1971Visages du Lyonnais, ouvrage collectif – Ed des Horizons de France – 1952List of books about the history of Lyon 1. André Latreille[fr], Histoire de Lyon et du Lyonnais, Privat, 1975, avec Richard Gascon & al. ISBN 2-7089-4701-X 2. Jean-Pierre Gutton, Histoire de Lyon illustrée, Toulouse, Le Pérégrinateur éditeur, 2008, ISBN 2-910352-48-X 3. Bruno Benoit et Roland Saussac, Histoire de 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 about ...
Lyon, traditionally spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, 391 km (243 mi) southeast of Paris, 278 km (173 mi) north of Marseille, 113 km (70 mi) southwest of Geneva, 58 km (36 mi) northeast of Saint-Étienne.
The Metropolis of Lyon (French: Métropole de Lyon, French pronunciation: [metʁɔpɔl də ljɔ̃] ⓘ), also known as Grand Lyon (French pronunciation: [ɡʁɑ̃ ljɔ̃], "Greater Lyon"), is a French territorial collectivity located in the east-central region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
People also ask
Is Lyon a city?
How big is the city of Lyon?
What is the name of Lyon in ancient history?
What is Lyon known for?
History of Lyon. 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.
