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Lyon, France: Mysterious and Beautiful

Lyon – with its Gallo-Roman ruins, its 300 Renaissance merchant houses and its gastronomic reputation – is awash in a nearly Mediterranean light, under which its ochre, gold and rose buildings fairly glow. In 1998, Lyon became one of only a few urban centres on the UNESCO World Heritage List. And France’s third-largest city (after [...]