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Lyon — The city at the confluence of the Rhône and the Saône, the former Lugdunum
The kingdom’s second city under the Ancien Régime, capital of silk and banking, where Louis XIII had his favourite beheaded on the place des Terreaux. (Editorial synthesis)
2 people born in Lyon are recorded: André-Marie Ampère and Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.
2 people who died in Lyon are recorded: Auguste Lumière and Cinq-Mars.
Recorded event that took place in Lyon: the Canut revolt.
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