Marching to
Vieux from Oullins, Lyon/Carlos Pueblo
On the
second day in Lyon, I was determined to march on the bank of
Le Rhone and
La Saone to Vieux from Oullins. I could view on my binocular
from my
window of my room. On my previous afternoon, I did get lost for
a short
distance of River Rhine before River Saone; therefore, I was in
confidence
to complete the march to visit the famous La Basilique Nortre-Dame
de Fourviere
on the hill. In addition that I did arrive the old down Vieux Lyon
and Lyon
Cathedral on Place Saint-Jean, Saint John the Baptist.
It was quite
chilly in the middle of the fall in Europe; however, I was marching in a
long distance.
Lyon’s business city is on both sides of rivers. Gradually, I walked
through a
city wall like on my side walk with a college campus on the east side,
Le quartier
Confluence and Musee des Confluences on the west side right at
the concurrence
of the two rivers. I didn’t dare to walk across several bridges.
When it is
closer to the Basilique area, the city neo-Gothic style architectures are
more and
more attractive and is called the largest Renaissance district of Lyon. I
passed by a
huge court house before entering the old town square Lyon Vieux.
First to see
was La Cathedrale Saint-Jean, the Lyon Cathedral built in 1480. A town
square with
several brick or stone alleys immediately adjacent to it with many stores,
restaurants, bars, and coffee shops etc. The most famous Place Bellecour and Place
des Jacobins
are on the east side of Saone that I regretted very much for not visiting.
Actually, we
can see through the background of La Basilique on the hill from Le Place
Bellecour.
La Basilique
Nortre-Dame de Fouriere was built in 1872-1874 for the main reason of
stopping the
advanced Prussian Army during the Franco-Prussia war of 1870. I read
the history
when I visited Berlin, Germany. The church has been almost 150 years
old and is
still standing on the hill and Europe has been changed so much. French
and German
have been in peace for 72 years and use the same currency under European
Union.
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