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Tour Métallique (Metal Tower)
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Beyond Fourvière Basilica is this skeletal metal tower built in 1893 and now a television transmitter. The stone staircase, the Montée Nicolas-de-Lange, at the foot of the tower, is a direct but steep route from the basilica to the St-Paul train station.
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