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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.
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between the Fourvière hill and the river Saône, 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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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.
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Saint-Paul is the quarter surrounding Gare Saint-Paul, built in 1873, and the church of the same name. It is the scholastic pole of Vieux Lyon, with two main institutes, les Maristes et les Lazaristes. The
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section in the 15th and 16th centuries predominantly housed Italian banker-merchants. They moved into sumptuous urban residences here called
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Saint-Jean quarter, part of the Vieux Lyon, with the Saint-Jean cathedral as seen from the montée des Chazeaux.
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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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along with other districts in Lyon because of its historical importance and architecture.
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itself was built for the first time in 549 and rebuilt in the 11th and 12th centuries.
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hill in the 19th century. In 1844, the architect Pierre Bossan rebuilt the
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Statue at the corner of rue du Bœuf and Place neuve Saint Jean
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UNESCO World Heritage Site in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
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The main gate of the 'Tour rose' in Renaissance style
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was the focus of political and religious power. The
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Lyon
Arrondissement of Lyon
Lyon Metropolis
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
France
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45°46′2″N 4°50′0″E / 45.76722°N 4.83333°E / 45.76722; 4.83333
Vieux Lyon is located in Metropole de Lyon
Vieux Lyon is located in France


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