Lyon

UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Lyon

2 UNESCO World Heritage Sites are in or near Lyon.

UNESCO sites in Lyon

• Historic Site of LyonCultural · 1998 · 2 km

  The long history of Lyon, which was founded by the Romans in the 1st century B.C. as the capital of the Three Gauls and has continued to play a major role in Europe's political, cultural and economic development ever sin…

• The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern MovementCultural · 2016 · 19 km

  Chosen from the work of Le Corbusier, the 17 sites comprising this transnational serial property are spread over seven countries and are a testimonial to the invention of a new architectural language that made a break wi…