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Lyon was the location of the meeting that resulted in 1601 in large parts of the Dukedom of Savoy being added to the French kingdom. Lyon lost the considerable degree of autonomy that it had hitherto enjoyed, but its commercial and industrial importance were unabated.
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.
Metropolis of Lyon established per MAPAM Law . 26 June: Saint-Quentin-Fallavier attack occurs in vicinity of Lyon. [37] December: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regional election, 2015 held. 2016 - Lyon becomes part of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. 2019 Tram line T6 begins operating. 31 August: Mass stabbing kills one and injures eight.
Introduced to Lyon in 1466, when Louis XI of France set up the first silk manufacture, the large demand for luxury silk goods by the French aristocracy led Lyon to become one of the worlds major producers of silk. in 1540, King [Francois I] granted Lyon the monopoly of silk manufacturing, ensuring that all silk goods produced in Italy or Asia ...
Lugdunum (also spelled Lugudunum, Latin: [ɫʊɡ(ʊ)ˈduːnʊ̃ː]; [1] [failed verification] [2] modern Lyon, France) was an important Roman city in Gaul, established on the current site of Lyon. The Roman city was founded in 43 BC by Lucius Munatius Plancus , but continued an existing Gallic settlement with a likely population of several ...
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.
The Gallic Wall of Lyon is a Gaulish wall discovered on the southwest plateau of Fourvière during preventive excavations conducted in 2014 at Abbé-Larue Square. Its construction is estimated to date back to the first half of the 1st century BCE.
Pages in category "History of Lyon" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...