A view of the Croix-Rousse district, Lyon, where the silk workers of the city lived and worked.

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A view of the Croix-Rousse district, Lyon. The buildings are characterised by their many large windows that were used by the city's silk weavers and their 'traboules' - secret passages linking the streets of the quarter. The Rhone River flows in the foreground.

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Size: 6635px × 3318px
Location: Lyon, France
Photo credit: © Paul Swinney / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

Keywords: architecture, blue, coix, district, france, french, lyon, lyonaisse, orange, panorama, quarter, rhone, river, rousse, silk, soix, south, sunrise, weaver