Home > Lyon

Lyon (often known as Lyons in English) is a commune in eastern-central France.

Together with neighboring towns, Lyon forms the second largest conurbation in France after Paris. It is the administrative centre for the Rhône-Alpes région and the Rhône département.

The city gives its name to the Lyonnais region. Two of France's best known wine-growing regionsThe following is a list of regions where wine grapes are grown and wine is made from them. Wine grapes mostly grow between the 30th and the 50th degree of latitude, on both the Northern and Southern hemisphere. In 2002, the five largest producers of wine are located near Lyon: the BeaujolaisBeaujolais is a historical province and a wine-producing region in France. It is now part of the Burgundy region for administrative purposes. Wine The region is best known for Beaujolais nouveau (new Beaujolais), the result of a rapid fermentation process to the North, and the Côtes du Rhône to the South.

1 Administration

Lyon is the chief town of the Rhône-Alpes région, the préfectureIn France, a prefecture is the capital city of a departement''. By extension, it is also the name of one of the governing bodies of the departement and of the building housing this government body. Role There are 100 prefectures in France. The civil serva of the Rhône département, the chief town of the arrondissement of Lyon, and the chief town of 14 cantons, covering 1 commune, and with a total population of 445,452 (1999).

2 History

Lyon was founded in 43 BCCenturies: 2nd century BC 1st century BC 1st century Decades: 90s BC 80s BC 70s BC 60s BC 50s BC 40s BC 30s BC 20s BC 10s BC 0s BC 0s Years: 48 BC 47 BC 46 BC 45 BC 44 BC 43 BC 42 BC 41 BC 40 BC 39 BC 38 BC Events April 14 Battle of Forum Gallorum: Mark A by the Roman Empire60 and 400 with major cities. During this time only Dacia and Mesopotamia were added to the Empire but were lost before 300. The Roman Empire is the term conventionally used to describe the Roman state in the centuries following its reorganization under t, who named it LugdunumColonia Copia Claudia Augusta Lugdunum (modern: Lyon) was an important Roman city in Gaul. It was founded in 43 BC by L. Munatius Plancus, served as the capital of the Roman Province Gallia Lugdunensis and was for 300 years the most important city in nort after the Celtic sun god Lugh ("shining one"). Agrippa recognized that Lugdunum's position on the natural highway from north to south-eastern France made it a natural communications hub, and he made Lyon the starting-point of the principal Roman roads throughout Gaul. The three parts of Gaul mentioned by Caesar met at Lyon. It became then the capital of the Gauls.

Under Roman Emperor Septimius Severus, the Christians in Lyon were prosecuted for their religious views. Burgundian refugees from the destruction of Worms by Huns in 437 were resettled by the military commander of the west, Aetius, at Lugdunum, which was formally the capital of the new Burgundian kingdom by 461.

In 843, by the Treaty of Verdun, Lyon with the country beyond the Saône went to Lothair I.

Lyon was a scene of mass violence against Huguenots in the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacres in 1572.

During the Renaissance the city developed due to the development of the silk trade, especially with Italy; the Italian influence on Lyon's architecture can still be seen. Thanks to the silk trade, Lyon became an important industrial town during the 19th century.

Lyon was a centre for the occupying German forces, and also a stronghold of resistance during World War II, and the town is now home to a resistance museum. The traboule s through the houses enabled the locals to escape Gestapo raids.