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Nov 9, 2022 · The entire city was to be completely and utterly destroyed, reduced to a pile of ash and rubble. Only the houses of the poor were to be left untouched, which were to be renamed “Ville-Affranchie”, or “Liberated City”.
On 11 October the government delegates decided on the destruction of the city walls. On 12 October Barère , a leading member of the government, put a decree through the convention that Lyon was to lose its name, and would instead be known as Ville-Affranchie (Liberated City) and would be destroyed.
The revolutionaries renamed the city ville affranchie [Freed City], to represent the elimination of the poison of counterrevolution. Pierre-Gabriel Berthault (engraver), Jean Duplessi-Bertaux (engraver), and Jacques François Joseph Swebach (designer), "Siege and Taking of the City of Lyon," 1802, Bibliothèque Nationale de France.
On 11 October, the government delegates decided on the destruction of the city walls. On 12 October Barère, a leading member of the government, put a decree through the convention that Lyon was to lose its name, and would instead be known as Ville-Affranchie (Liberated City) and would be destroyed.
Lyon Coat of Arms. Lyon is a city in the southeast of France. The area has been inhabited since prehistoric times and was one of the most important cities of the Roman Empire, Lugdunum. After the Battle of Lugdunum (197) the city never fully recovered, and Lyon was built out of its ashes becoming a part of the Kingdom of the Burgundians .
The revolutionaries renamed the city ville affranchie [Freed City], to represent the elimination of the poison of counterrevolution. Creator Pierre-Gabriel Berthault (engraver)
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Jan 4, 2023 · Inspiration. France’s second largest city, Lyon, is located in the heart of Europe, between Paris and the Mediterranean coast and close to the Alps. As a city that feels more like a town, it is currently one of the most enticing and attractive urban destinations in Europe with an extraordinary history dating back 2000 years.
