The Musée des Confluences from
the Raymond Barre bridge
The lake in the Parc de la Tête d'or
La Part-Dieu, the city's central
business district
The Gallo-Roman Museum displaying many valuable objects and artworksfound on the site of Roman Lyon (Lugdunum) such as Circus GamesMosaic, Coligny calendar and the Taurobolic Altar
Centre d'histoire de la résistance et de la déportation
Musée des Confluences, new museum of sciences and anthropology,which opened its doors on 20 December 2014
La Sucrière, contemporary art centre
Hôtel-Dieu de Lyon houses the "Musée des Hospices Civils", a permanentexhibit tracing the history and practice of medicine from the Middle Ages tomodern times
Musée des Tissus et des Arts décoratifs, decorative arts and textilemuseum, which is one of the world's larger textile collections with 2.5million works
Musée d'art contemporain de Lyon, contemporary art museum
Musée de L'imprimerie, printing museum
Musée Gadagne, museum of the history of Lyon housed in a historic building in Vieux Lyon, which includes alarge collection of marionettes
Musée des Automates, museum of automated puppets in Vieux Lyon, open since 1991
Musée Miniature & Cinéma, museum featuring miniature movie sets, movie props, and special effects[45]
Parc de la Tête d'or, aka Golden Head Park, in central Lyon is the largesturban park in France at 117 hectares (290 acres). Located in the 6tharrondissement, it features a large lake on which boating takes placeduring the summer months.
Jardin botanique de Lyon (8 hectares (20 acres)), included in the Parc dela Tête d'Or, is a municipal botanical garden and is open weekdayswithout charge. The garden was established in 1857 as a successor toearlier botanical gardens dating to 1796, and now describes itself asFrance's largest municipal botanical garden.
Parc de Gerland, in the south of the city (80 hectares (200 acres))
Parc des hauteurs, in Fourvières
Parc de Miribel-Jonage (2,200 hectares (5,400 acres))
Parc de Lacroix-Laval (115 hectares (280 acres))
Parc de Parilly (178 hectares (440 acres))
The GDP of Lyon was 124 billion US dollars in 2019,[d][46] making it the second
richest city in France after Paris. Lyon and its region Rhône-Alpes represent one of
the most important economies in Europe and, according to Loughborough University,
can be compared to Philadelphia, Mumbai or Athens with regard to its international
position. The city of Lyon is working in partnership to more easily enable the
establishment of new headquarters in the territory (ADERLY, Chambre du commerce
et d'industrie, Grand Lyon...). High-tech industries such as biotechnology, software
development, video game (Arkane Studios, Ivory Tower, Eden Games, EA France,
Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe), and internet services are also growing. Other
important sectors include medical research and technology, non-profit institutions,
and universities. Lyon is home to the P4-Inserm–ean Merieux Laboratory which
conducts top-level vaccine research.[47]
The city is home to the headquarters of many large companies such as Groupe SEB, Sanofi Pasteur, Renault Trucks, Norbert
Dentressangle, LCL S.A., Descours & Cabaud, Merial, Point S, BioMérieux, Iveco Bus, Compagnie Nationale du Rhône, GL
Events, April Group, Boiron, Feu Vert, Panzani, Babolat, Lyon Airports, LVL Medical, and inter-governmental agencies
IARC and Interpol. The specialisation of some sectors of activities has led to the creation of many main business centres: La
Part-Dieu, located in the 3rd arrondissement is the second biggest business quarter after La Défense in Paris with over
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