https://referently.com/tags/lyon/ Recent content in Lyon on Referently.com Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Fri, 07 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://referently.com/notre-dame-de-fourvi%C3%A8res-west-front-the-basilica-lyon-built-because-the-prussians-stopped-short/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://referently.com/notre-dame-de-fourvi%C3%A8res-west-front-the-basilica-lyon-built-because-the-prussians-stopped-short/ In 1870 the Prussian army was moving through eastern France and Lyon expected to be next. The archbishop, Jacques Ginoulhiac, made a public vow: if the city were spared, Lyon would build a church on the hill for the Virgin. The Prussians got as far as Nuits-Saint-Georges and stopped. Two years later the first stone went in, paid for by subscription, and the city spent the next twenty-four years honouring a promise made under panic.