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Tour Métallique (Metal Tower)
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Beyond Fourvière Basilica is this skeletal metal tower, built in 1893 and now a television transmitter. The stone staircase at the foot of it—the Montée Nicolas-de-Lange— is a direct but steep route from the basilica to the St-Paul train station.
- Address: Colline Fourvière, Fourvière, Lyon, 69005 | Map It
- Location: Vieux Lyon and Fourvière
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