Lyons is situated on a tongue of land at the junction of the Saone and
Rhone, and there is a fine bridge on the spot where the streams unite,
called le pont du Confluent, which joins the extremity of the tongue of
land with the right bank of the Saone.
There is besides a large bridge
across the Rhone, higher up, before it joins the Saone, leading in a right
line from the Hotel de Ville; and two other bridges across the Saone. The
Quai du Rhone is by far the finest and most agreeable part of the city.
It is spacious, well paved, aligned with trees, and boast the finest
edifices public and private in the whole city; it is the favourite
promenade of the beaux and belles of Lyons. The sight of the broad and
majestic Rhone itself is a grand object, and on a fine day the prospect is
augmented by the distant view of the fleecy head of Mont Blanc. On this
Quai and within a 100 yards of the bridge on the Rhone are the justly
celebrated bains du Rhone, fitted up in a style of elegance even superior
to those called les Bains Vigier on the Seine at Paris. The grand
Hospital is also on the Quai; the facade is beautiful; its architecture is
of the Ionic order and the building itself as well as its interior economy
has frequently elicited the admiration of travellers. Among the Places in
this city the finest is that of Bellecour.
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