Lyon, the Rhone Valley, France
Lyon, the second largest city in France, was a perfect break from our small-town tourism. Here they have such things as high-speed internet, and Organic food stores and air conditioning apleanty ... it is a beautiful beautiful place!
Lyon is also a fun, interesting city ... Built on a large Roman town (Lugdunum, which I think is a great name), Lyon later became a big textile produced in the middle ages. This, of course, means that there are great Roman ruins to visit, and also a really cool Old quarter ... more on this further down:
The view from the Place Bellecour, one of Europe's largest public squares:
Lyon spans the meeting point of two rives (the Rhone and the Saone), on the old side of town, on the banks of the Saone, is the Old town, as well as the huge Fourviere hill where the Romans built their city. This hill is fun because you get to ride the Funiculaires to get to the top, whee!
The fabulous Funiculaires:
When you get to the top, you find the remains of two Roman theaters...
Here's Bridget on top of the smaller of the two:
And back down in the beautiful Old Town, filled with Medieval and Renaissance buildings, you can go through the Traboules, passages winding through buildings that were put in by the textile workers so that they could get around without getting their silk wet.
The traboules, which look like regular doors, but open up into ridiculous hallways and courtyards:
Lyon is also a fun, interesting city ... Built on a large Roman town (Lugdunum, which I think is a great name), Lyon later became a big textile produced in the middle ages. This, of course, means that there are great Roman ruins to visit, and also a really cool Old quarter ... more on this further down:
The view from the Place Bellecour, one of Europe's largest public squares:
Lyon spans the meeting point of two rives (the Rhone and the Saone), on the old side of town, on the banks of the Saone, is the Old town, as well as the huge Fourviere hill where the Romans built their city. This hill is fun because you get to ride the Funiculaires to get to the top, whee!
The fabulous Funiculaires:
When you get to the top, you find the remains of two Roman theaters...
Here's Bridget on top of the smaller of the two:
And back down in the beautiful Old Town, filled with Medieval and Renaissance buildings, you can go through the Traboules, passages winding through buildings that were put in by the textile workers so that they could get around without getting their silk wet.
The traboules, which look like regular doors, but open up into ridiculous hallways and courtyards:
posted by Anna at
6/30/2005 12:02:00 PM
1 Comments:
All that wonderful culture of textile production...and you can't buy a single yard of Lyon silk anymore!!! :( Everytime you look into what kind of silk was used in the 18th century, the books all say "Lyon silk." Very difficult to immitate.
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Costume Diva, at 5:38 AM
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