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    Lyon A World Heritage Site
    Lyon A World Heritage Site
    Lyon A World Heritage Site
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    Lyon A World Heritage Site

    By Jérôme Sabatier

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    Travel guide updated in February 2019.

    Lyon is a city of history and culture whose strategic position has shaped its destiny for more than 2,000 years. From the Fourvière district, birthplace of the Roman Lugdunum, to the slopes of the silk district Croix Rousse, from Vieux Lyon in medieval and Renaissance architecture to the Presqu'Île (the peninsula) that developed in the 19th century, Lyon offers a unique architectural, social, cultural and historical diversity. The city has frequently played a major role in the political, cultural and economic development of Europe. To walk through these neighborhoods is to relive a rich history. As Lugdunum was once the capital of Gaul, Lyon is now the capital of painted walls, puppet theater, silk and gastronomy.

    Here you’ll find all the information necessary to prepare your trip and your stay in Lyon in order to discover this exceptional site of indisputable universal value. You will find the following under the sections for the site : the reasons for its selection for the World Heritage list, the history of the site, many practical informations (Tourist Offices, suggested tours, museums, events, transports), and a selection of accommodation and restaurants. Informations, prices and opening hours shown are for 2019.

    But most importantly, this "Lyon, A World Heritage Site" travel guide also offers a suggested itinerary for visiting each site and monument. You'll also find tips (transport, pricing, activities ... ), anecdotes and all the possibilities for family-friendly visits to encourage children and families in their discovery.

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJérôme Sabatier
    Release dateMay 28, 2018
    ISBN9791096111664
    Lyon A World Heritage Site
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    Jérôme Sabatier

    A word from the authorVisiting a Unesco World Heritage site is more than just simple tourism.It's a journey toward the discovery of cultures, history and nature.It's the opportunity to explore places that have contributed to the construction our history and our humanity, and that protect this heritage even today.It's the experience of being enriched by the collective universal memory that helps us understand the world around us.The sites on the World Heritage of Humanity list all have one thing in common: their universal nature. They teach us that the world – since antiquity – has been fashioned by often commercial crossroads encouraging cultural, scientific and religious fusions. They teach us that openness to others and exchange are indeed sources of prosperity for all societies.To travel to the heart of these World Heritage sites is to choose to embark on an ethnological, anthropological, sociological, historical, architectural, cultural or religious voyage ... or all this at once! In short, it represents a tourism based on tolerance among civilizations and on respect for future generations.Let's protect our fragile universal heritage. And let's pass it on to our children.

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      Lyon A World Heritage Site - Jérôme Sabatier

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      Table of Contents

      Cover

      Discover the Historic Center of Lyon

      LYON - HISTORIC CENTER

      Maps

      World Heritage

      History

      Tourist Office

      Events

      Transport

      Sleeping / Eating

      Fourvière District

      Basilique de Fourvière

      Roman Theaters

      Parcs et Jardins

      Old Lyon District

      Saint Georges

      Saint Jean

      Saint Paul

      Presqu'Ile District

      Around the Place des Terreaux

      Around the Place Bellecour

      Croix Rousse District

      To See and to Do (outside the classified area)

      The 10 criteria used by UNESCO for World Heritage classification

      This Travel Guide

      logo 2018

      Discover the Historic Center of Lyon, classified as a World Heritage site by UNESCO. Find all the information necessary to prepare and enjoy your stay. 

      Enjoy reading and especially, … bon voyage !

      Here you’ll find all the information necessary to prepare your trip and your stay in Lyon in order to discover this exceptional site of indisputable universal value. You will find the following under the sections for the site : the reasons for its selection for the World Heritage list, the history of the site, information on Tourist Offices and suggested tours, general information about museums in the area, an events calendar, practical information on transport (getting there and getting around at the site), and a selection of accommodation and restaurants. Informations, prices and opening hours shown are for 2019.

      But most importantly, this "Lyon, A World Heritage Site" travel guide also offers a suggested itinerary for visiting each site and monument. You'll also find tips (transport, pricing, activities ... ), anecdotes and all the possibilities for family-friendly visits to encourage children and families in their discovery.

      The other travel guides from the France's World Heritage Sites collection

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      Join us on www.france-world-heritage.com. In addition to the content, you will find: news, events not to be missed, interactive maps, hundreds of photographs, social networks...

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      LYON - HISTORIC CENTER

      Visit time : 3 days.

      Lyon is a city of history and culture whose strategic position has shaped its destiny for more than 2,000 years. From the Fourvière district, birthplace of the Roman Lugdunum, to the slopes of the silk district Croix Rousse, from Vieux Lyon in medieval and Renaissance architecture to the Presqu'Île (the peninsula) that developed in the 19th century, Lyon offers a unique architectural, social, cultural and historical diversity. The city has frequently played a major role in the political, cultural and economic development of Europe. To walk through these neighborhoods is to relive a rich history.

      As Lugdunum was once the capital of Gaul, Lyon is now the capital of painted walls, puppet theater, silk and gastronomy.

      Maps

      Offline Map from the Tourist Office of Lyon. To download first.

      Online interactive Map with all addresses and locations. Street View. On the website, at the bottom of page.

      World Heritage

      Carte Lyon

      Classified area listed as a World Heritage Site of Humanity by Unesco in 1998

      Many reasons led UNESCO to select the historical center of the city as a heritage site: its geographical location between two hills at the confluence of two rivers, a continuous human occupation and a coherent urban development, the characteristic mode of life of its commercial and bourgeois population from many European regions, and an important and remarkably preserved architecture, witness to the evolution of the city over time.

      There are 500 classified hectares, and in particular four districts, that perfectly represent the history of Lyon. Fourvière, the first historic area, gives a very clear idea of what antiquity looked like in Lyon thanks to the Gallo-Roman site. Vieux Lyon is a beautiful medieval and Renaissance district. The Croix-Rousse district was listed for its industrial heritage around silk manufacturing. And finally, the Presqu’Ile (the peninsula), is a prime example of typical 19th century architecture.

      The city has retained permanent and continuous traces of the periods that marked its history. Walking through the historic sites of Lyon is like strolling through time, from its establishment in 43 BC to today.

      Criteria for selection

      Criterion (ii): Lyon bears exceptional testimony to the continuity of urban settlement over more than two millennia on a site of great commercial and strategic significance, where cultural traditions from many parts of Europe have come together to create a coherent and vigorous continuing community.

      Criterion (iv):

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