The Tour métallique de Fourvière ("Metallic tower of Fourvière"), a landmark of
Lyon
Lyon (Franco-Provençal: ''Liyon'') is a city in France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, Switzerland, north ...
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France
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, is a steel framework tower which bears a striking resemblance to the
Eiffel Tower
The Eiffel Tower ( ; ) is a wrought-iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower from 1887 to 1889.
Locally nicknamed "''La dame de fe ...
, which predates it by three years. With a height of , previously before installation of the TV broadcasting antenna, and weighing 210 tons, the "metallic tower" was built between 1892 and 1894.
During the
Exposition universelle of 1914 in Lyon it had a restaurant and an elevator capable of taking 22 people up to the summit. Although used as an observation tower until November 1, 1953, nowadays it serves as a television tower and is not accessible to the public. At , it is the highest point in Lyon.
Broadcasting stations
FM-radio
TV
See also
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Fourvière
Fourvière () is a city district of Lyon, France, a hill immediately west of the old part of the town, rising from the river Saône. It is the site of the original Roman settlement of Lugdunum in 43 BC. The district contains many religious build ...
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Lattice tower
A lattice tower or truss tower is a freestanding vertical latticework, framework tower. This construction is widely used in transmission towers carrying high-voltage electric power lines, in radio masts and towers (a self-radiating tower or as a ...
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List of towers
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External links
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La tour métallique de Fourvière à LyonExtensive documentation and building information
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Gallery
File:Tour metallique de fourviere.jpg, The Tour métallique de Fourvière at night
File:Lyon_Emetteur_TV_02.jpg, Tour métallique de Fourvière
File:Tour métallique de Fourvières.jpg, Poster advertising elevator
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5th arrondissement of Lyon
Buildings and structures in Lyon
Towers in France
Transmitter sites in France
1894 establishments in France
Towers completed in 1894