Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière
Fourviere Hill
Lyon
France
The Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière was built with private funds between 1872 and 1896 in a dominant position overlooking the city. The site it occupies was once the forum of the Roman emperor Trajan.
Fourvière is dedicated to the Virgin Mary, to whom is attributed the salvation of the city of Lyon from the bubonic plague that swept Europe in 1643. Each year on December 8, day of the Immaculate Conception, Lyon thanks the Virgin for saving the city by lighting candles throughout the city, in what is called the Fête des Lumières or the Festival of Lights. The Virgin is also credited with saving the city a number of other times, such as from a Cholera epidemic in 1832, and from Prussian invasion in 1870.
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Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière
Fourviere Hill
Lyon
France
The Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière was built with private funds between 1872 and 1896 in a dominant position overlooking the city. The site it occupies was once the forum of the Roman emperor Trajan.
Fourvière is dedicated to the Virgin Mary, to whom is attributed the salvation of the city of Lyon from the bubonic plague that swept Europe in 1643. Each year on December 8, day of the Immaculate Conception, Lyon thanks the Virgin for saving the city by lighting candles throughout the city, in what is called the Fête des Lumières or the Festival of Lights. The Virgin is also credited with saving the city a number of other times, such as from a Cholera epidemic in 1832, and from Prussian invasion in 1870.
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