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The Hôtel de Ville (French pronunciation: [otɛl də vil] ⓘ, City Hall) is the city hall of Lyon, France, and one of the largest historic buildings in the city. The building is located between the Place des Terreaux and the Place de la Comédie, in front of the Opéra Nouvel. It was designated a monument historique by the French government ...
Lyon [c] (Franco-Provençal: Liyon) is the second-largest city in France by urban area and the third largest by city limits. [14] 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.
Saint-Jean quarter, part of the Vieux Lyon, with the Saint-Jean cathedral as seen from the montée des Chazeaux. 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 ...
The Place des Terreaux with the Hôtel de Ville and Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon after the redevelopment of the square in the 1990s by Daniel Buren and Christian Drevet. The Place des Terreaux (French pronunciation: [plas de tɛʁo] ⓘ) is a square located in the centre of Lyon, France, on the Presqu'île between the Rhône and the Saône rivers, at the foot of the hill of La Croix-Rousse in ...
1864 - Grande synagogue de Lyon built. 1867 - 6th arrondissement of Lyon created. 1872 - Société botanique de Lyon established. [15] 1875 - Union générale bank and Catholic University of Lyon established. 1876 - Gare de Lyon-Saint-Paul opens. 1877 - Théâtre des Célestins opens. 1879 - Le Nouvelliste de Lyon newspaper begins publication. [31]
Tony Garnier (13 August 1869 – 19 January 1948) was a noted French architect and city planner.He was most active in his home city of Lyon, where he notably designed the Halle Tony Garnier and Stade de Gerland.
Ville de Lyon was one of three second-rank, 90-gun, steam-powered Ville de Nantes-class ships of the line built for the French Navy in the 1850s. The ship participated in the Second French intervention in Mexico in the 1860s and served as a prison ship for Communard prisoners in 1871–1872 after the Paris Commune was crushed by the French government.
The Rue de la République (French pronunciation: [ʁy də la ʁepyblik]) is a street located in the 1st and 2nd arrondissements of Lyon, France.It links the Place de la Comédie in the north to the Place Le Viste in the south, just next to the Place Bellecour, via the Place de la République.