The tourist sites in the rhône department

Capital of Gaul under the Roman Empire, a great cultural and commercial renaissance, strong industrial breeding ground in the nineteenth century, Lyon has become a great European metropolis with happiness by integrating the best of influences behind it. Now classed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, Lyon is categorized along with prestigious cities such as Venice, Prague or Saint Petersburg. From the Roman Lugdunum to the city today, two millennia have forged a unique architectural heritage, at the confluence of the Saone and the Rhone: Fourviere, its basilica and Gallo-Roman park, the Renaissance district of Old Lyon around Cathedral of St. John the Peninsula imprint of large classical and imperial era, the slopes of the Croix-Rousse designed for work silk. The historic site of Lyon has been preserved and enriched over the centuries. It remains today the heart of life and business in a city still resolutely turned towards the future.