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- | ====== About Lyon ====== | ||
- | ICCBR 2012 will take place in the beautiful city of Lyon (France). | ||
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- | A video presentation of the main assets of the city of Lyon can be found on the [[http://www.business.greaterlyon.com/home.1.0.html?L=1|Greater Lyon website]] for [[http://www.entreprendre.grandlyon.com/cgi-bin/awredir.pl?url=http://www.lbstreaming.teaser-hosting.com/videoswmv/lyon-premium-value-en.wmv|download]]. | ||
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- | ===== Sightseeing in Lyon ===== | ||
- | Lyon is a renowned cultural city. The main sights include: | ||
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- | * The Roman theatres on the Fourviere hill, together with a very nice Roman museum inside the hill. | ||
- | * The Old Lyon with its late Gothic and Renaissance buildings, the St-John cathedral, and its narrow pedestrian streets. | ||
- | * The Fourviere basilica on top of the hill, with its Disney-movie-like exterior, its rich interior decorations and its dominating view on the city. | ||
- | * The "traboules", a kind of public indoor passageway between streets in the Old Lyon and Croix-Rousse districts. | ||
- | * The twelfth-century austere Romanesque St-Martin-d'Ainay basilica (north of Perrache trainstation). | ||
- | * The Rhone left bank, a very nice walk ranging from the southernmost part of the city to the northern Parc de la Tete-d'Or and beyond. | ||
- | * The Place des Terreaux (Hotel de Ville metro station), on which are situated the city hall and the Palais St-Pierre which houses a large museum and a very refreshing public garden. | ||
- | * The Opera building, near the Place des Terreaux. | ||
- | * The Parc de la Tete d'Or, near the campus. | ||
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- | <html><iframe width="640" height="480" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=216473089942209677057.0004c5bb09b95887b2eab&hl=fr&ie=UTF8&ll=45.760356,4.843857&spn=0.039835,0.051766&t=m&output=embed"></iframe><br /><small>View <a href="https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=216473089942209677057.0004c5bb09b95887b2eab&hl=fr&ie=UTF8&ll=45.760356,4.843857&spn=0.039835,0.051766&t=m&source=embed" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left">Lyon Points Of Interest</a> in a larger map</small></html> | ||
- | ===== Useful iPhone/Android apps for Lyon ===== | ||
- | * **Lyon Metro**: for the public transportation (TCL) in Lyon including Metro, Tramway and Buses. | ||
- | * **SNCF Direct**: for the trains in France | ||
- | * **Fly'on**: for the Airport of Lyon | ||
- | * **AroundMe**: For the services around us like banks, restaurants, bars, hospitals, etc | ||
- | * **allbikesnow and velov**: For the Bikes in Lyon (Velov) | ||
- | * **Info-trafic Grand Lyon**: For the traffic of bikes and cars in Lyon | ||
- | * **Lyon Guide de voyage**: A tourism guide for Lyon | ||
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