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2. Vieux Lyon - Wikipedia

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   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. Covering an area of 424 hectares between the Fourvière hill and the river Saône, [1] it is one of ...

3. Place Bellecour - Wikipedia

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   Place Bellecour (French pronunciation: [plas bɛlkuʁ]) is a large square in the centre of Lyon, France, to the north of the Ainay district. Measuring 312 m by 200 m (6.2 ha or 15 acres), [1] it is one of the largest open squares (without any patches of greenery or trees) in Europe, and the third biggest square in France, behind the Place des ...

4. Lyon - Wikipedia

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   Lyon [c] is the third-most populous city of France, at the centre of its second-largest urban area.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, Switzerland, 58 km (36 mi) northeast of Saint-Étienne.

5. Presqu'île - Wikipedia

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   Lyon's Presqu'île between the Saône and Rhône rivers seen from the southwest in 2011. The Presqu'île (pronounced [pʁɛskil] ⓘ; literally "almost an island" in French, meaning " peninsula ") [ 1 ] is the central part of the City of Lyon, France. Extending from the foot of the Croix-Rousse hill in the north to the confluence of the Rhône ...

6. Arrondissements of Lyon - Wikipedia

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   Arrondissements of Lyon since 1964. Geographically, Lyon's two main rivers, the Saône and the Rhône, divide the arrondissements into three groups: To the west of the Saône, the 5th arrondissement covers the old city (Vieux Lyon), Fourvière hill and the plateau beyond. The 9th is immediately to the north, and stretches from Gorge de Loup ...

7. Category:Tourist attractions in Lyon - Wikipedia

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   Pages in category "Tourist attractions in Lyon" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.