Tour Métallique

Nicknamed 'Lyon’s Eiffel Tower' and nearly 86 meters high, this metal tower was built at the time of the Universal and Colonial Exhibition in Lyon in 1894 by Eugène Collonge with the support of the City as a Republican monument: it exceeds the top of the basilica by 35 meters. First a panoramic restaurant, it now serves as a radio and television relay satellite. To get a wide view of Lyon, turn around and cross the parking on the north side of the Basilica.
Longitude/Latitude: 4.822247/45.763771
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