Lyon - Parc de la Tête d'Or

The newer parts of the city of Lyons are on the left bank of the Rhône. On the Boulevard des Belges is the large and beautiful Parc de la Tête d'Or (area 105 hectares/260 acres), within which are a Zoo, a Botanical Garden, a rose-garden and a small lake.

The district of Les Brotteaux has many Art Nouveau houses. Adjoining this is the modern district of La Part-Dieu, with many administrative offices, a railroad station, multi-story parking lots and a huge shopping center, in which is the 142 m/465ft high Crédit Lyonnais Tower.

East of the Gare des Brotteaux (railroad station) is Villeurbanne, with a Media Library built in 1988 by the Swiss architect Mario Botta (b. 1943).