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Lyon is a city in France located at the confluence of the river Rhône Saône river, 460 km south-east of Paris and 314 km north of Marseille. The department capital of Rhône and Rhône-Alpes region.
The geography is marked by the confluence of the Rhone Lyon (Rhône) and Sone (Saône) in the southern part of the historical center, forming a sort of peninsula or "presqu'île" two large hills, one west and one north of the historic center city and a flat plain on the east bank of Rhone. To the west Fourvière hill, where high Fourvière Notre-Dame, the bishop's palace, tower metal (a TV tower that mimics the last section of the Eiffel Tower and a funicular.
The north is hill Croix-Rousse, feud traditional silk shops, workshops and an industry for which the city is famous. The medieval town (Vieux Lyon) was built on the west bank of the Saône river at the foot of the hill Fourvière, west of the peninsula. On the small peninsula (presqu'ile) between Ron and Sona is the third public market in France, and one of the largest in Europe: Place Bellecour. In fact the biggest public market is free from obstructions (such as trees, portions of turf, etc.) in Europe. North to walk on the pedestrian street Rue de la Republique and south pedestrian street Victor Hugo.
East of the Rhône is the modern city where most people live. This area is the urban center of Part-Dieu, including former Credit Lyonnais Tower (the only skyscraper in central France), Part-Dieu shopping center and main railway station: Lyon Part-Dieu.
The city preserves an important cultural heritage, relics from Roman times to the twentieth-century construction. The most valuable part of the city, namely the Vieux Lyon district, choline Fourvière, Croix-Rousse hill, with an area of 500 hectares, is part of UNESCO Heritage of Humanity in 1998. Some bear names worldwide fame city: St. Antoine. Exupery, author of "The Little Prince", the Lumiere Brothers - the inventors of cinema, Rabelais - Gargantua and Pantagruel's author, The town medieval Vieux-Lyon "and its architectural jewels (Hotel Bullioud, Paterin, Gadagne Gallery, Philibert Delorme, the Rose Tower ... ) insolitele "traboules" - secret passages during the Resistance, Colin Fourviere Cathedral, Cathedral of St.. Jean etc.
Lyon | Lyon is a city in France located at the confluence of the river Rhône Saône river, 460 km south-east of Paris and 314 km north of Marseille. The department capital of Rhône and Rhône-Alpes region.
The geography is marked by the confluence of the Rhone Lyon (Rhône) and Sone (Saône) in the southern part of the historical center, forming a sort of peninsula or "presqu'île" two large hills, one west and one north of the historic center city and a flat plain
on the east bank of Rhone
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