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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 ...
The Odeon of Lyon (French: Odéon antique de Lyon) is a small ancient Roman theatre (an odeon) near the summit of the Fourvière hill in Lyon, France. It forms a pair with the Ancient Theatre of Fourvière , one of only two such pairs in Gaul (the other is in Vienne ).
The Aqueduct of the Gier (French Aqueduc du Gier) [1] is an ancient Roman aqueduct probably constructed in the 1st century AD to provide water for Lugdunum , in what is now eastern France. It is the longest and best preserved of four Roman aqueducts [ 2 ] that served the growing capital of the Roman province of Gallia Lugdunensis .
The Ancient Theatre of Fourvière (French: Théâtre antique de Lyon) is a Roman theatre in Lyon, France. It was built on the hill of Fourvière, which is located in the center of the Roman city. [1] The theatre is part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site protecting the historic center of Lyon. [1]
The museum seen from the Roman theatre Interior of the museum Circus Games Mosaic, 2nd century. Lugdunum, formerly known as the Gallo-Roman Museum of Lyon-Fourvière (French: musée gallo-romain de Fourvière) or Museum of Roman Civilisation (musée de la Civilisation romaine), is a museum of Gallo-Roman civilisation in Lyon (Roman Lugdunum).
Lyon Coat of Arms. Lyon is a city in the southeast of France. The area has been inhabited since prehistoric times and was one of the most important cities of the Roman Empire, Lugdunum. After the Battle of Lugdunum (197) the city never fully recovered, and Lyon was built out of its ashes becoming a part of the Kingdom of the Burgundians.
The Montée du Gourguillon is an old street in the 5th arrondissement of Lyon, France, on the hill of Fourvière, between the Saint-Jean and Saint-Just quarters. [1] Montée translates in English to the nouns "climb" or "rise "[2] and is given to a number of steep streets. The ancient Roman settlement of Lugdunum was
The site is located 400 meters from the ancient theater and the odeon. Several important ancient discoveries had been made previously around the site: remains of habitation, a metallurgy workshop, and a thermal complex on Rue des Tourelles (1974), a thermal establishment and housing blocks on Rue des Farges (between 1974 and 1980), and at 8 ...