Lyon is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, between Paris and Marseille. With a population of just under 500,000 people, is the third largest city in France. Lyon is known for its historical monuments and architecture and is classified as World Heritage by UNESCO. The city has a significant role in the history of cinema with Auguste and Louis Lumière, who invented the cinema in Lyon in 1895. Lumiere museum, built in the image of the house of Auguste Lumiere, is a fascinating piece of architecture in its own right and is home to many of their first inventions and other early cinematic and photographic artefacts. The city is also known for its famous "Festival of Lights", which takes place every year on December 8 and lasts four days in total, Lyon has been appointed the capital of lights.

Since the Middle Ages, the area residents speak several dialects of Arpitan. The Lyonnais dialect was partly replaced by the French as and as the city grew in importance, however, the language still exists and is frequently used.

The Museum of Fine Arts Lyon worth a visit. It is housed in a former 17th century convent, including the baroque chapel of St. Peter. This is the main museum in the city and one of the largest art galleries in France. The museum has a large collection of paintings, sculptures, drawings and printing, decorative arts, Greek and Roman antiquities, and the second largest collection of Egyptian antiquities in France after the Louvre. Other museums including the Gallo-Roman museum, exhibits several objects and art value were found on the Roman site of Lyon (Lugdunum), or the Circus Games Mosaic, Coligny calendar and the altar works Taurobolic and the African Museum of Lyon.

Housing and residential halls of Lyon

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How to get to Lyon

The Saint-Exupéry International Airport, located east of Lyon, serves domestic and international flights respectively. With its own train station, Lyon is connected to the TGV network and tram Rhône Express connects to the business center La Part Dieu in less than 30 minutes, providing a connection with two metro lines, three tram lines and several bus lines. The main train station of Lyon Lyon Part Dieu. The city is connected to the north (Lille, Paris and Brussels) and south (Marseilles and Montpellier) by TGV. The city is the center of a dense network of roads connecting the A6 to Paris, Marseille A7, A42 and A43 to Geneva to Grenoble. There are four subway lines and four tram and also two funicular lines from Vieux Lyon to Saint-Just and Fourvière lines.

Fourvière Hill was established as a Roman colony in 43 BC by Munatius Plancus, a lieutenant of Caesar, on the site of a fort on a hill Gaul named Lugdunon. Vipsanius Marcus Agrippa recognized that his natural position on the road north of France to the south-east of France, represented a strategic position for communications and there establishes the starting point for the main Roman roads in Gaul.

Christians in Lyon were tortured because of their religion during the reigns of the various Roman emperors, especially during the reign of Marcus Aurelius and Septimus Severus. Burgundian refugees from the destruction of Worms by Huns in 437 were installed again Lugdunum by the commander of the west, Aëtius. In 461, the city was formally the capital of the new Burgundian kingdom. In 843, through the Treaty of Verdun, the city and the country beyond the Saône was given Lothair1, and later became the Kingdom of Ales. The France finally fell under the rule of France in the 14th century. At the end of the 15th century, fairs introduced by Italian merchants made Lyon a strategic economic point of France. Even cash, built in 1749, resembled a public bazaar where accounts were settled in the open air. When the international bank was moved to Geneva, then Amsterdam, Lyon was always the banking center of France. In 1572, Lyon was the scene of mass violence against Huguenots the day of the massacre of St. Barthomoew's. During the French Revolution, Lyon rebelled against the National Convention and bore the Girondins. In 1793, the city was attacked by the Revolutionary Armed and remained under siege for two months before traveling. With the Renaissance, the silk market grew, especially with Italy, who turned Lyon a major industrialized city in the 19th century. During World War II, Lyon served as the center of the German occupation forces, as well as resistance.

The alleyways (secret passages) through the houses enabled the local people to escape Gestapo raids. September 3, 1944, Lyon was liberated by the French first division and Free French forces inside now houses the museum of the resistance.