(International City) is a

quarter A quarter is one-fourth, , 25% or 0.25. Quarter or quarters may refer to: Places * Quarter (urban subdivision), a section or area, usually of a town Placenames * Quarter, South Lanarkshire, a settlement in Scotland * Le Quartier, a settlement ...

in the 6th arrondissement of

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan language, Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, third-largest city and Urban area (France), second-largest metropolitan area of F ...

, France. It is situated between the

Rhône The Rhône ( , ; wae, Rotten ; frp, Rôno ; oc, Ròse ) is a major river in France and Switzerland, rising in the Alps and flowing west and south through Lake Geneva and southeastern France before discharging into the Mediterranean Sea. At Ar ...

and

Parc de la Tête d'Or The Parc de la Tête d'or (English: "Park of the Golden Head") is a large urban park in Lyon, France, with an area of approximately . Located in the northern part of the 6th arrondissement, it features the Jardin botanique de Lyon, as well as a ...

and encompasses an area that had previously been the location of the

Foire de Lyon The (; or Lyon Fair) is a trade fair, traditionally held in March in Lyon, France. Begun as an initiative by Lyon mayor Édouard Herriot in 1916, the fair has been held in the Eurexpo convention center in Chassieu since 1985. History The c ...

. It is connected to the commune of

Caluire-et-Cuire Caluire-et-Cuire (; frp, Caluéres-et-Cuéres) is a commune in the Metropolis of Lyon in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in eastern France. It is the fifth-largest suburb of the city of Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' als ...

by the Passerelle de la Paix.

History

In 1984, the

moved from its previous location near the

to the

Eurexpo Eurexpo is a convention center and exhibition hall in the commune of Chassieu, south-east of Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan a ...

in Chassieu. This freed land was designated as the site for the construction of the Cité Internationale by successive Lyon mayors ( Michel Noir,

Raymond Barre Raymond Octave Joseph Barre (; 12 April 192425 August 2007) was a French centre-right politician and economist. He was a Vice President of the European Commission and Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs under three presidents (Rey, ...

, and

Gérard Collomb Gérard Collomb (; born 20 June 1947) is a French politician who served as Mayor of Lyon from 2001 to 2017 and again from 2018 until 2020. A member of La République En Marche! (LREM) since he left the Socialist Party (PS) in 2017, he was Mini ...

). In 1985, Lyon mayor Francisque Collomb launched an international competition to design the site, which was won by architect

Renzo Piano Renzo Piano (; born 14 September 1937) is an Italian architect. His notable buildings include the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris (with Richard Rogers, 1977), The Shard in London (2012), the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City ( ...

making him the project manager. The Cité Internationale was established in 1987 and the first construction zone was established in 1988. In 1989 the city decided to demolish the buildings that had housed the Foire de Lyon to make room for the new construction. In 1992, a second construction site was created. The first construction permits were issued in 1993, and construction began in September of that year. In 1998 the construction plan was modified to allow for the possible development of the future Palais des congrès de Lyon. The same year, the

Musée d'art contemporain de Lyon The Musée d'art contemporain de Lyon is a museum devoted to contemporary art, located in the 6th arrondissement of Lyon, in the Cité Internationale, next to the cinema, in front of the Parc de la Tête d'Or. It had over 42,000 visitors in 2007. ...

was completed. A Marriott hotel (previously-Hilton) was added in 1999, a casino in 2000, and the first apartments were built in 2001. The construction permits for an extension of the Palais des congrès de Lyon were filed in 2002, and construction started in 2003. Construction concluded in 2006 upon the completion of the Crowne Plaza Hotel and an amphitheatre.

References

External links

Official website

Official Lyon tourism website for Cité Internationale
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