THE FODDER HILL
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Everyone knows its name. Famous for its basilica, but also for its Roman theatres. From its 300 m high, it dominates the Saône-Rhone confluence. A strategic location which therefore explains that, on the orders of the Roman senate, Munatius Plancus established a colony there. Palaces and various buildings were built around the forum, Lugdunum was born; the emperors often stay there and christianity settled there.
The fall of the Roman Empire has caused change in spaces's occupation, the inhabitants have settled in the valley, along the Saône and the slopes cover vineyard and farmings. A basilica was built on the hill of Saint-Just and religious congregations settle. Fourvière became "the hill where people pray". To reach the hill, there are several possibilities: to climb in the "thread" (the funicular) to the metro station "Old Lyon" or to visit the various montées: the montée des Epies in the southern part, leaving the church Saint-Georges, joins the montée Gourguillon which was the only entrance in Lyon in the east and ends in the Saint-Just district; the montée Chemin-Neuf, that of Chazeaux, that of Change. You can also rush into the montée Saint-Barthélemy which is one of the oldest roads linking the city to the hill; the bravest will prefer to climb the 244 steps of the montée Garillan.
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On l'aperçoit depuis les berges du Rhône puis plus près lorsqu'on est sur la Presqu'île. Pour la gravir, on passe par le Vieux Lyon et on choisit...les marches ou la pente. L'ascension est rapide et physique. On croise la Villa Florentine, puis on passe par le Parc des Hauteurs pour accéder à la basilique. Le jeu en vaut la chandelle!
Levez vous de bonheur pour admirer un levé de soleil a son sommet , a coté de la cathédrale de Fourviere, et avoir le?bonheur de contemplé la ville se levé a son rythme;