Traboules of Lyon

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architectural feature tourist attraction urban passageway network

The Traboules of Lyon are a network of hidden passageways and courtyards running through buildings and connecting streets, historically used by silk workers and later by Resistance fighters, and now a distinctive architectural feature of the city.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Historic Site of Lyons 2
Vieux Lyon 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf architectural feature ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
urban passageway network ⓘ
accessPolicy some passages are on private property ⓘ
some passages are publicly accessible ⓘ
architecturalStyle Renaissance architecture ⓘ
medieval urban fabric ⓘ
connects buildings ⓘ
courtyards ⓘ
streets ⓘ
country France ⓘ
etymology term "traboule" derives from Latin "transambulare" meaning "to pass through" ⓘ
feature covered passageways ⓘ
galleries ⓘ
internal courtyards ⓘ
spiral staircases ⓘ
wells ⓘ
hasPart traboule ⓘ
hasUse commercial access ⓘ
heritage interpretation ⓘ
pedestrian passage ⓘ
residential access ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
heritageStatus protected local heritage ⓘ
historicalUse circulation of silk workers ⓘ
secret communication routes ⓘ
shelter for Resistance fighters ⓘ
transport of silk goods ⓘ
languageOfName French ⓘ
locatedIn Lyon ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region ⓘ
surface form: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Lyon metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form: Metropolis of Lyon
maintainedBy Lyon ⓘ
surface form: City of Lyon
partOf La Croix-Rousse ⓘ
surface form: Croix-Rousse

Presqu’île ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Site of Lyon ⓘ
Traboules of Lyon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Vieux Lyon

historic center of Lyon ⓘ
significantIn French Resistance history ⓘ
history of Lyon silk industry ⓘ
urban history of Lyon ⓘ
touristActivity guided tours ⓘ
self-guided walks ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1998 ⓘ
usedBy French Resistance ⓘ
silk workers of Lyon ⓘ
usedDuring World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: Historic Site of Lyons
Lyon → hasLandmark → Traboules of Lyon ⓘ
Place Bellecour → nearby → Traboules of Lyon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vieux Lyon
Fourvière Hill → partOf → Traboules of Lyon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Historic Site of Lyons
Traboules of Lyon → partOf → Traboules of Lyon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vieux Lyon