Before Roman settlement
The site of Lyon exhibits many traces of Celtic occupation from before the Roman founding of Lugdunum, including Condate (located northwest of … See more

The French Revolution put an end to this quiet and prosperous period. In 1793, Lyon chose to support the Girondists against the " See more

• Timeline of Lyon
• Ceintures de Lyon
• Cognet de Seynes
• List of books about the history of Lyon See more

In the period that followed the collapse of the Roman Empire of the West, Lyon survived as an important urban centre, and a number of … See more

During the Renaissance Lyon is a city that is crowded but whose morphology does not move much. It does not spread, it becomes denser. In the late fifteenth century, the two most … See more

Urban development continued to expand and change the face of the city, with the silk-processing industry playing a dominant role in the economy. By the end of the 19th century … See more

• Lucien Musset, Les Invasions, le second assaut contre l’Europe chrétienne, PUF, collection Nouvelle Clio – l’histoire et ses problèmes, Paris, 1965, 2nd édition 1971
• Visages du Lyonnais, ouvrage collectif – Ed des Horizons de France – 1952 See more