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Lyon city pictures and Lyon France informations

By Pictures of cities

on March 16, 2011

Lyon city pictures and Lyon France informations

Lyon is the third largest city in France. Lyon is recognized as the heritage city by the UNESCO for historic architecture. More international events and students are pouring in day to day. There is a hill called as Fourviere hills where the Romans settled earlier. Along the right bank of river Saone lays the renaissance area. Between the two rivers Saone and Rhone lays the Presq’ile which is the heart of the city. The important event which takes place is the festival of lights. This festival starts around 8the of December and last for four days.

This festival attracts almost all tourist who whish to visit Lyon. There are also other festival celebrated such such as Nuits de Fourviere, the festival of music and drama, Nuits Sonores, Festival of electronic music. Many of the tourist attractions could be reached by foot. All the history of the renaissance period is found in the Old Lyon. Despite these many museums, art galleries, park and gardens is found in the city.

Lyon city pictures and Lyon France informations

Lyon city pictures and Lyon France informations

Lyon city pictures and Lyon France informations

Lyon city pictures and Lyon France informations

Lyon city pictures and Lyon France informations

Lyon city pictures and Lyon France informations

Lyon city pictures and Lyon France informations

Lyon city pictures and Lyon France informations

Lyon city pictures and Lyon France informations

Lyon city pictures and Lyon France informations

Lyon city pictures and Lyon France informations

Lyon city pictures and Lyon France informations

Lyon city pictures and Lyon France informations

Lyon city pictures and Lyon France informations

Lyon city pictures and Lyon France informations

Lyon city pictures and Lyon France informations

Lyon city pictures and Lyon France informations

Pictures of City Paris France

By Pictures of cities

on January 3, 2009

Pictures of City Paris France

Paris, Capital and largest city of France, is located on the river Seine in northern France. With a population of around 12 million of the city of Paris and its agglomeration, Paris is the most populous metropolitan city of Europe. Paris is one of the major global cities in the world. With a GDP of more than $700 billion, Paris comes at the fifth place by GDP in the global cities. Apart from hosting 37 Fortune Global-500 companies, Paris also hosts the headquarters of many international organizations like UNESCO, OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) and ICC (International Chambers of Commerce)

Every year, more than 30 million tourists from all over the world flock Paris to visit several iconic landmarks, places of historical interests, internationally renowned institutions, museums and monuments, cathedrals, world heritage sites, city parks, opera houses, and above all Eiffel Tower. Aside from capital of France, Paris is also known as the fashion capital of world.