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Lyon ID Card

LYON, IN A NUTSHELL

• NAME: Lyon, originally Lugdunum in 43 BC, at the gateway to Condate, a small Gaul town, which became Luon in the Middle Ages, then Lion and Lyon as time passed.

• AGE: 2000 years of history, at times rich and prosperous, at other times the centre of revolts, but always proud and strong

• NATIONALITY: French by its art