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ABOVE: The Augustus and Livia Temple is one of
several well-preserved Roman ruins in Vienne..
Vienne, France
Continued
from: Lyon
The Viking Burgundy sailed from Lyon at 6 a.m. on
Tuesday, arriving in Vienne at 9 a.m. for a 3½-hour
visit.
Passengers were divided into
several groups and taken on walking tours of Vienne, an attractive city of
30,000 that was founded in the 3rd Century B.C. The town became a Roman colony
around 40 A.D., and several structures from that era have survived: The
Augustus and Livia Temple (see photo above), a section of Roman road
near the waterfront, and a Roman Theatre that has room for 13,000
spectators. The 2,000-year-old amphitheatre, which overlooks the town and the
River Rhône, is the main venue for the
Vienne Jazz Festival, which has grown into one of Europe's largest jazz
events since its founding in 1981.
After the walking tour, passengers
had the option of taking a rubber-tired "minitrain" around the city.
Unfortunately, there wasn't time to tour Vienne's other attractions, which
include a Museum of Fine Arts and Archæology, the Archæological Garden of
Cybele, the Cathedral of Saint-Maurice, and several other churches and museums.
For more
information on Vienne, which was both an important Roman town and the one-time
capital of Burgundy, see:
Cruise Photos: Vienne
europeforvisitors.com
These are from the 169 images in my Viking Burgundy
Photo Gallery.
Vienne
Tourism
The city's official tourist information site is in French, but you can translate
with Freetranslation.com.
Next page:
Tournon sur Rhône
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