24/43.- Lyon, Rue Victor Hugo

In this photo you can see one of the big pedestrian streets in the city center. This street is called Victor Hugo and goes from Bellecour Square to Carnot Square. Several cinemas, restaurants and cafes draw visitors and locals every day. On weekends the street is fuller than ever.

As in many other cities in France, you find people of all races and colors in the city's main avenues and streets. This is a legacy of France's colonial periods. Algerians, black Africans and Vietnamese came to the metropolis to find a brighter future.

At our back we have the biggest square in the town center, Place Bellecour ...

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