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Metallic tower of Fourvière

The Tour métallique de Fourvière, a landmark of , , is a steel framework tower which bears a striking resemblance to the , which predates it by three years.
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  • Type: Building
  • Description: landmark in Lyon, France
  • Also known as: “Metallic tower of Fourviere”, “Tour metallique de Fourviere”, and “Tour métallique de Fourvière”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière and Fourvière.

Cathedral
Photo: Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is a minor basilica in , France. It was built with private funds between 1872 and 1896 in a dominant position overlooking the city. is situated 180 metres south of Metallic tower of Fourvière.

Peak
Photo: Sebleouf, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a city district of , , a hill immediately west of the old part of the town, rising from the river . It is the site of the original Roman settlement of Lugdunum in 43 BC.

University
The École catholique d'arts et métiers of is an engineering school, it is one of the French "Grandes écoles". It was founded in in 1900 and moved to Lyon in 1946, on the hills of . is situated 180 metres east of Metallic tower of Fourvière.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saint-Paul and Vieux Lyon.

Neighborhood
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is a quarter located in the , . It was named after the parish church. Located in the perimeter saved registered to the UNESCO World Heritage Site, it is one of the three parishes of the , the historic center of the city.

Suburb
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is the largest Renaissance district of . In 1964, , the city's oldest district, became the first site in France to be protected under the Malraux law to protect France's cultural sites.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Metallic tower of Fourvière

Latitude
45.7639° or 45° 45′ 50″ north
Longitude
4.82235° or 4° 49′ 20″ east
Elevation
284 metres (932 feet)
Open location code
8FQ6QR7C+HW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 45144233
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Geo­Names ID
7283875
Wiki­data ID
Q625
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Wu Chinese—“Metallic tower of Fourvière” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Ֆուրվիերի մետաղյա աշտարակ”
  • Basque: “Fourvièreko dorre metalikoa”
  • Catalan: “Tor metallica de Fourvière”
  • Chinese: “富維耶山鐵塔”
  • Dutch: “Metalen toren van Fourviere”
  • Dutch: “Metalen toren van Fourvière”
  • Finnish: “Tour métallique de Fourvière”
  • French: “tour métallique de Fourvière”
  • French: “Tour métallique de Fourvière”
  • German: “Tour métallique de Fourvière”
  • Hungarian: “fémtorony”
  • Hungarian: “fourvièrei fémtorony”
  • Hungarian: “Tour métallique de Fourvière”
  • Italian: “torre metallica di Fourvière”
  • Italian: “Torre metallica di Fourvière”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Metalltårnet i Fourvière”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Tor metallica de Fourvière”
  • Russian: “Металлическая башня на Фурвьере”
  • Spanish: “Torre metalica de Fourviere”
  • Spanish: “Torre metálica de Fourvière”
  • Tamil: “ஃபோர்வியெர்ரின் இரும்புக் கோபுரம்”
  • Ukrainian: “Металева башта Фурв’єр”
  • Wu Chinese: “富维耶山铁塔”

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