The city is known for its historical and architectural landmarks and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Lyon was historically known as an important area for the production and weaving of silk and in modern times has developed a reputation as the capital of gastronomy in France. It has a significant role in the history of cinema due to Auguste and Louis Lumière who invented the cinematographe in Lyon. The city is also known for its famous light festival 'Fete des Lumieres' which occurs every 8 December and lasts for four days, that earned Lyon the title of Capital of Lights (not to be mixed up with Paris the city of light). The legend says that the Virgin Mary saved the city from the plague, and to thank her a statue was built and on the day it w...
Awesome photos from what must have been a completely amazing trip. Great job making me feel totally jealous!
ReplyDeleteThank you Harold ! Nice to see your comment, I had a long fight with Blogger and this blog template to make it works removing all type of things for making comment a little more easy to post. So I'm happy that you are able to comment even if my post was very long this time ! Have a nice week end !
Deleteyeah agree very awesome photos.. really loved to visit sicily someday..
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