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île Barbe
The Île Barbe is an island situated in the middle of the Saône (rivière), Saône, in the 9th arrondissement of Lyon, 9th arrondissement de Lyon, the quartier Saint-Rambert-l'Île-Barbe (a former-commune annexed in 1963). Its name comes from the Latin ''insula barbara'', "Barbarians' Island", suggesting that it was one of the last locales to be occupied (two centuries after the banks of the Saône at the foot of the hill of Fourvière). Geography History An abbaye was founded on the island in the 5th century. This was the first monastic establishment in the Lyon region and one of the oldest in all of Gaul. Charlemagne gave it a beautiful library. The monastery, pillaged several times – (in 676 and 725 by the Saracens, and in 937 by the Huns), adopted the Rule of Saint Benedict règle de saint Benoît in the 9th century and gradually was enriched. In 816, Louis the Pious (Louis le Pieux) awarded to the monastery: * the right to maintain at all time three boats upon the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saône (river)
The Saône ( , ; frp, Sona; lat, Arar) is a river in eastern France. It is a right tributary of the Rhône, rising at Vioménil in the Vosges department and joining the Rhône in Lyon, at the southern end of the Presqu'île. The name derives from that of the Gallic river goddess Souconna, which has also been connected with a local Celtic tribe, the Sequanes. Monastic copyists progressively transformed ''Souconna'' to ''Saoconna'', which ultimately gave rise to . The other recorded ancient names for the river were and . Geography The Saône rises at Vioménil at the foot of the cliff of the Faucilles in the Vosges at an elevation of , and flows into the Rhône at Lyon at an elevation of . Its length is . Its largest tributary is the Doubs; upstream of receiving the Doubs at Verdun-sur-le-Doubs in Saône-et-Loire, the Saône is called the "Petite Saône" (lesser Saône), which reflects the large contribution of the Doubs to the Saône. In fact the Doubs' mean annual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
