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The Vieux Lyon ( en, Old Lyon) is the largest
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of
Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ...
. 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. Covering an area of 424 hectares between the Fourvière hill and the river Saône,
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it is one of Europe’s most extensive Renaissance neighborhoods. There are three distinct sections: Saint Jean, Saint Paul and Saint Georges. In 1998, Vieux Lyon was inscribed on the
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along with other districts in Lyon because of its historical importance and architecture. The Saint Jean quarter in the
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was the focus of political and religious power. The Cathedral of St Jean, seat of the archbishop of Lyon (also known as the
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), is a good example of
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. The Manécanterie adjoining the
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is one of
Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ...
's few extant Romanesque buildings. Formerly a choir school, it now houses the museum of the cathedral’s treasures. Saint Jean is also home to the Museum of Miniatures and Film Sets, located in a building that was the Golden Cross Inn in the 15th century. The Saint-Paul section in the 15th and 16th centuries predominantly housed Italian banker-merchants. They moved into sumptuous urban residences here called ''hôtels particuliers''. The Hôtel Bullioud and the Hôtel de Gadagne are two examples and the latter now houses the Lyon Historical Museum and the International Puppet Museum. The Loge du Change stands as testimony to the period when trade fairs made the city wealthy. The Saint Paul church, with its Romanesque lantern tower and its spire, mark the section’s northern extremity. The Saint Georges section was home to
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, who settled in the section beginning in the 16th century. They later moved to the
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hill in the 19th century. In 1844, the architect Pierre Bossan rebuilt the St George's Church on the banks of the
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in a
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style. In the Middle Ages, when there were only a few parallel streets between the hill and the
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, the first
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s were built. Derived from the
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trans-ambulare, meaning to pass through, traboules are corridors through buildings and their courtyards, connecting one street directly with another. A large number of galleries and spiral staircases remain in the traboules.


Gallery

Image:Cours Philibert Delorme.jpg, Well in Cour Philibert Delorme, rue Juiverie Image:Lyon_5_-_Hôtel_de_Bullioud_02.jpg, Hôtel de Bullioud, rue Juiverie Image:Rue du Boeuf.jpg, Buildings in the
rue du Bœuf The Rue du Bœuf is a 188-metre cobbled pedestrian street of the Vieux Lyon quarter, located in the 5th arrondissement of Lyon. Very representative of the Renaissance architecture of the neighborhood, it is lined only with old houses from the 16t ...
Image:Rue Juiverie Lyon.jpg, Rue Juiverie Image:Boeuf Lyon.jpg, Statue at the corner of rue du Bœuf and Place neuve Saint Jean Image:Lyon St Jean Basilica Notre Dame de Fourviere.jpg,
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and the
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, in background the
Fourvière Fourvière () is a 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 buildings i ...
hill Image:Arcades Vieux Lyon.jpg, Building in Saint-Paul Image:GareStPaulLyon.JPG, Gare Saint-Paul Image:Lyon - Saint-Jean.jpg, Cathedral and the manécanterie (one of the oldest buildings in Lyon) Image:Principale_artère_du_quartier_médiéval_et_Renai.jpg, Rue Saint-Jean, the main street of Vieux Lyon Image:Chamarier.jpg, Chamarier house Image:Cour-vieux-lyon.jpg, A courtyard and its staircase tower Image:Escalier-vieux-lyon.jpg, A staircase Image:Fenetres2-vieux-lyon.jpg, Windows in medieval style Image:Fenetres-vieux-lyon.jpg, Windows in medieval style Image:Gadagne.jpg, Hôtel de Gadagne Image:Tour rose.jpg, The 'tour rose' (pink tower) Image:Tour rose - portail.jpg, The main gate of the 'Tour rose' in Renaissance style


Saint-Paul

Saint-Paul is the quarter surrounding Gare Saint-Paul, built in 1873, and the homonymous church. It is the scholastic pole of Vieux Lyon, with two main institutes, les Maristes et les Lazaristes. The church of Saint Paul itself was built for the first time in 549 and rebuilt in the 11th and 12th centuries.


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History of Lyon Lyon is a city in the south 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 ...


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