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Delve into Fourvière
The district Fourvière of Lyon in Rhône (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) is a district located in France about 243 mi south-east of Paris, the country's capital town.
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Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 10°C / 50 °F
Morning Temperature | 2°C / 35 °F |
Evening Temperature | 8°C / 47 °F |
Night Temperature | 4°C / 40 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 48% |
Air Pressure | 1015 hPa |
Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 9 km/h (6 mph) from South |
Cloud Conditions | Few clouds, covering 13% of sky |
General Conditions | Light rain |
Thursday, 25th of April 2024
11°C (53 °F)
8°C (47 °F)
Scattered clouds, light breeze.
Friday, 26th of April 2024
14°C (57 °F)
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Light rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Saturday, 27th of April 2024
16°C (61 °F)
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Broken clouds, fresh breeze.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Villa Florentine
Cour des Loges
Hotel la Tour Rose
College
Fourviere Hotel
Grand Hotel des Terreaux
Citadines Presqu'ile Lyon
Saint Antoine Best Western
Hôtel de Paris
Hotel La Residence
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LYON - Le Vieux Lyon
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Drone et Basilique de Fourvière - Lyon – France
Depuis la plus haute antiquité, la colline de Fourvière est un haut lieu de la vie spirituelle et culturelle de Lyon. C'est à Fourvière que les premiers chrétiens exprimèrent leur foi,...
Perspectives Lyriques - Lyon 8 Décembre 2010 - Fête des Lumières
Place des Célestins. 1024 Architecture / prod. Lighting Process. Retrouvez des photos de la Fête des Lumières sur mon site : http://www.killeak.net/?section=5&show=lumieres2010.
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Le soir du 8 décembre 2008 à Lyon, quelques trains spéciaux / supplémentaires ont été assurés en UM3 de Caravelles au départ de St Paul, pour la Fête des Lumières. Une occasion...
Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourviere
The Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourviere, a minor basilica, was built with private funds between 1872 and 1884 in a dominating position in the city. The site it occupies was once the Roman forum...
Lyon's Funicular -- F2 Line -- Saint-Jean to Fourvière
Join a journey down from Fourvière to Saint-Jean inside one of Lyon's funicular cabs. Visit http://theworklife.com for more.
1002 St Paul 12 12 09 X4708 démarrée et en chauffe (Fin des Caravelles)
Samedi 12/12/2009 : derniers jour du service commercial des Caravelles (X4600 / X4700) sur la région lyonnaise. Dans la gare St Paul, les dernières unités quittent la scène les unes...
Caravelles (Derniers instants) St Paul 12 12 2009
La fin. Après 40 ans de services dans la région lyonnaise, les Caravelles quittent la scène, remplacées par des autorails plus puissants et (mieux ?) adaptés aux nouveaux critères...
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Le lancement de http://www.webtrip-comics.com Le Lyon BD Festival s'associe à nouveau à l'ECAM, à l'École Émile Cohl et à l'École Centrale de Lyon, comme cela a été le cas pour le...
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Lugdunum
This article is about the city in Gaul; for other uses of Lugdunum, see Lugdunum (disambiguation) Colonia Copia Claudia Augusta Lugdunum was an important Roman city in Gaul. The city was founded in 43 BC by Lucius Munatius Plancus. It served as the capital of the Roman province Gallia Lugdunensis. For 300 years after its foundation, Lugdunum was the most important city in the western part of the Roman Empire after Rome. Two emperors, Claudius (Germanicus) and Caracalla, were born in Lugdunum.
Metallic tower of Fourvière
The Tour métallique de Fourvière ("Metallic tower of Fourvière"), a landmark of Lyon, France, is a steel framework tower which bears a striking resemblance to the Eiffel Tower. With a height of 85.9 metres and weight of 210 tons, the "metallic tower" was built between 1892 and 1894. During the Exposition universelle of 1914 in Lyon it had a restaurant and an elevator capable of taking 22 people up to the summit.
Fourvière
Fourvière is a district of Lyon, France and also a hill immediately west of the old part of the town, rising abruptly from the river Saône and then gently sloping down to the north-west. It is the site of the original Roman settlement of Lugdunum (43 BC). Though it supports the world's two oldest and active funicular lines, it is primarily known for the Catholic Basilica of Fourvière.
Cathédrale Saint Jean-Baptiste
Cathédrale Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Lyon is a Roman Catholic cathedral near the Saone river in Lyon, France, and is the seat of the Archbishop of Lyon.
Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière
The Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière is a minor basilica in Lyon. It was built with private funds between 1872 and 1884 in a dominating position in the city. The site it occupies was once the Roman forum of Trajan, the forum vetus (old forum), thus its name (as an inverted corruption of the French Vieux-Forum).
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lyon
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lyon, formerly the Archdiocese of Lyon-Vienne-Embrun, is a Roman Catholic Metropolitan archdiocese in France. The current Cardinal Archbishop is Philippe Barbarin. He is the successor of Saint Pothinus and Saint Irenaeus, the first and second bishops of Lyon, respectively, and is called Primate of the Gauls.
Ancient Theatre of Fourvière
The Roman theatre is a Roman ancient structure in Lyon, France. It was built next to the hill of Fourvière, which is located in the center of the Roman city.
Vieux Lyon
The Vieux Lyon (English: Old Lyon) is the largest Renaissance district of Lyon in the 5th arrondissement. This zone is served by the metro line D In 1954, 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. Covering an area of 424 hectares at the foot of the Fourvière hill, it is one of Europe’s most extensive Renaissance neighborhoods.
Saint-Paul (Lyon)
Saint-Paul is a quarter located in the 5th arrondissement of Lyon, France. It was named after the parish church. Located in the perimeter saved registered to the UNESCO World Heritage Site, it is one of the three parishes of the Vieux Lyon, the historic center of the city. The quarter is mainly served by the line C3 of the transports en commun lyonnais and the train station named Gare de Lyon-Saint-Paul.
Gallo-Roman Museum of Lyon
The Gallo-Roman Museum of Lyon is a museum on the Gallo-Roman civilisation in Lyon, previously located in the heart of the Roman city and now sited near the city's Roman theatre on the Fourvière hill, half-buried into the hillside on the edge of the archaeological site. The new building was designed by Bernard Zehrfuss and opened in 1975. Internally, it is formed of a concrete spiral ramp descending and branching out into the display rooms.
Odeon of Lyon
The Odeon of Lyon is a small ancient Roman theatre near the summit of the Fourvière hill in Lyon, France. It forms a pair with the theatre, one of only two such pairs in Gaul (the other is in Vienne).
Gare de Lyon-Saint-Paul
The Gare de Lyon-Saint-Paul is a railway station in the 5th arrondissement of Lyon, France. It is located at the northern end of the Vieux Lyon quarter, between the base of the Fourvière hill and the river Saône. The station is a terminus for local trains serving the western suburbs of the city.
Place de la Trinité
The Place de la Trinité is a square located in the 5th arrondissement of Lyon. The square, fully paved and surrounded by old buildings like the sun house (18th century), is more a crossing of small streets than a real square. It is on the hillside of Fourvière and is the low extremity of the hill of Gourguillon. The square is in the center of the zone classified as World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
Temple du Change
The Temple du Change or Loge du Change, formerly used for the stock exchange of Lyon, stands in Vieux Lyon. It was originally built after plans by architect Simon Gourdet between 1631 and 1653, then rebuilt under the direction of Jacques-Germain Soufflot in 1748-1750. It has been assigned to Protestant worship since 1803, hence its designation Temple.
Rue Lainerie
The Rue Lainerie is an ancient cobbled pedestrian street of the Vieux Lyon quarter, in the 5th arrondissement of Lyon. From north to south, it connects two quarters, Saint-Paul and Saint-Jean, and more precisely the Place du Change and the Place Saint-Paul. There is currently an academy of music (section Vieux Lyon) at No. 1 and many hotels. The street is served by many buses (29-30-31-44-184), two metro stations and a velo'v station.
Rue du Bœuf
The Rue du Bœuf is a 188-metre cobbled pedestrian street of the Vieux Lyon quarter, located in the 5th arrondissement of Lyon. Very representative of the Renaissance architecture of the neighborhood, it is lined only with old houses from the 16th or 17th century. The street connects the rue de Gadagne which it continues after the Place du Petit Collège and the intersection of the rue du Chemin Neuf, the rue de la Bombarde and the rue Tramassac which prolongs it.
Place Benoît-Crépu
The Place Benoît-Crépu is a stone-paved square, located in Saint-Georges quarter, on the banks of the Saône, in the 5th arrondissement of Lyon. It has fountains with dolphin heads, many benches and trees and a playground. The place belongs to the area classified as World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
Rue de Gadagne
The Rue de Gadagne is a paved pedestrian street of the Saint-Jean quarter, in the 5th arrondissement of Lyon. It extends the rue du Bœuf and ends on the rue Lainerie that leads itself to the Place Saint-Paul. It is located in the center of Vieux Lyon and is part to the area which includes a mosaic of squares : Place du Change, Place du Petit Collège and Place de la Baleine in the extension of rue Saint-Jean. The street belongs to the zone classified as World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
Palais de justice historique de Lyon
The Palais de justice historique de Lyon is a building located Quai Romain Rolland, on the right bank of the Saône, in the 5th arrondissement of Lyon. In 1996, it was classified as monument historique.
Église Saint-Georges
The Église Saint-Georges (Church of St. George) is a church located on the Place François-Bertras, in the Vieux Lyon quarter, in the 5th arrondissement of Lyon. It is under the direction of the Primatiale parish and was named in honor of Saint George. It is near the Place Benoît-Crépu, between the quarter of the Quarantaine and Saint-Jean quarters.
Maison du Chamarier
The Maison du Chamarier, also known as Hôtel d'Estaing, is a house at 37 rue Saint-Jean in the 5th arrondissement of Lyon, at the corner of Rue de la Bombarde. It was built in 1498 but the ancient ruins are from the thirteenth century. From Latin cameriarus, the word "Chamarier" means the superintendent of the finances of the bishop of the Lyon Cathedral. He also has the keys to the gates of the enclosure canonical. From the fifteenth century, he gathered the taxes collected during the fairs.
Montée du Gourguillon
The Montée du Gourguillon is a very old street of the hill of Fourvière in the 5th arrondissement of Lyon, between the Saint-Jean and Saint-Just quarters. It begins from the Place de la Trinité and ends with the rue des Farges. The street belongs to the zone classified as World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
Musée Gadagne
The Musée Gadagne is a museum located in the center of the Vieux Lyon, in the Saint-Jean quarter, in the 5th arrondissement of Lyon. It is composed of the Musée d'histoire de Lyon (Museum of Lyon History) and the Musée des marionnettes du monde (Museum of world puppets). The building was classified as monument historique in 1920. It was successively acquired by the city of Lyon between 1902 and 1941.
Manécanterie, Lyon
The Manécanterie is an ancient memorial situated in Lyon in Saint Jean district, in the 5th arrondissement of Lyon. It is placed side by side to the south southwest of the cathedral Saint Jean and is a part of the former convent of the cathedral. This small Romanesque building served first as dining hall to the canons of Saint Jean, before becoming a parish choir school, namely a school for the singing of the clergy.
Place Saint-Jean
The Place Saint-Jean is an old pedestrian square in the 5th arrondissement of Lyon (a.k.a. the "vieux Lyon", which means the oldest borough of Lyon). It is located in front of the Roman Catholic cathedral of Saint-Jean. The square belongs to the zone classified as World Heritage Site by UNESCO.