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The text related to the cultural heritage 'Historic Site of Lyon' has mentioned 'Renaissance' in the following places:
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| Lyon became a major economic hub during the Renaissance. | WIKI |
| Contents 1 History 1.1 Ancient Lyon 1.2 Modern Lyon 2 Geography 2.1 Climate 3 Administration 3.1 Commune 3.1.1 Mayors 3.2 Metropolis 3.2.1 Presidents of the Metropolitan Council 4 Main sights 4.1 Antiquity 4.2 Middle Ages and Renaissance 4.3 17th and 18th centuries 4.4 19th century and modern city 4.5 Museums 4.6 Parks and gardens 5 Economy 6 Culture 6.1 UNESCO World Heritage Site 6.2 Gastronomy 6.3 Sport 6.4 Street art 7 Demographics 8 Education 8.1 Universities and tertiary education 8.2 Primary and secondary schools 8.3 Supplementary education 9 Transport 10 International relations 11 See also 12 Notes 13 References 14 External links | WIKI |
| During the Renaissance, the city's development was driven by the silk trade, which strengthened its ties to Italy. | WIKI |
| Middle Ages and Renaissance[edit] | WIKI |
| Cathedral of St. John, a medieval church with architectural elements of the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries, also the principal religious structure in the city and the seat of the Archbishop of Lyon; Basilica of St-Martin-d'Ainay, one of the rare surviving Romanesque basilica-style churches in Lyon; xc3x89glise Saint-Paul, Romanesque (12th and 13th century) and Gothic (15thxe2x80x9316th century) church; xc3x89glise Saint-Bonaventure, 14th- and 15th-century Gothic church; xc3x89glise Saint-Nizier, Gothic church from the 15th century, having a doorway carved in the 16th century by Philibert Delorme; Vieux Lyon (English: Old Lyon) area, Medieval and Renaissance quarter of the town, with shops, dining and cobbled streets; The many Renaissance hxc3xb4tels particuliers of the Old Lyon quarter, such as the Hxc3xb4tel de Bullioud, were also built by Philibert Delorme. | WIKI |
| "[27] The specific regions comprising the Historic Site include the Roman district and Fourvixc3xa8re, the Renaissance district (Vieux Lyon), the silk district (slopes of Croix-Rousse), and the Presqu'xc3xaele, which features architecture from the 12th century to modern times. | WIKI |
| Humans have settled at this site destined for urbanization for more than two thousand years and built a city whose stages of development are still visible today: from the Roman vestiges of antique Lugdunum to the medieval streets on the slopes of Fourvixc3xa8re and the Renaissance dwellings of Vieux-Lyon, from the peninsula with a wealth of classical architecture to the slopes of Croix-Rousse with its very particular canut dwellings, which bear witness to an essential page in the history of the labouring classes of the 19th century. | UNESCO |
| Among the outstanding examples are the Thomassin House, on the Place du Change (late 13th century, enlarged in the 15th century); the Claude de Bourg House (1516), the house of the poet Maurice Scxc3xa8ve (1493, additional storey in the 17th century), the Chamberlainxe2x80x99s mansion (1495-1516), illustrating the transition from Gothic to French Renaissance style, the Mannerist House of the Lions (1647), the classical building on the Quai Lassagne (1760), and the xe2x80x9cHouse of 365 Windowsxe2x80x9d and the xe2x80x9cCourtyard of the Voraciousxe2x80x9d, striking examples of the tenements built for the canuts in the first half of the 19th century. | UNESCO |
| Among the public buildings, mention should be made of the late 11th-century Manxc3xa9canterie (scola cantorum); the Ainay Abbey Church (1107), of pure Romanesque style; the Cathedral of Stxc2xa0John the Baptist (1160-1481), which retains a remarkable degree of stylistic homogeneity, despite the long period of construction; the Church of Stxc2xa0Nizier, begun in the 14th century and completed in 19th century, with its Flamboyant Gothic nave, its typical classical Renaissance faxc3xa7ade and its neo-Gothic spire; the imposing Hxc3xb4tel de Ville (1646-1703); the 17th-18th century Hxc3xb4tel-Dieu built over a medieval original; the Loge du Change (1745-80), now in use as a Protestant church; the Fourvixc3xa8re Basilica (1872-96), one of the most important landmarks of the city; and the Weaving School, the work of modernist architect Tony Garnier (1927-1933). | UNESCO |