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Lyon, France is in second place as an economic centre for the country. In 2009, the city was voted tenth internationally for civil innovation. Originally founded in forty-three BC by a Roman lieutenant as Colonia Copia Felix Munatia, the city was commonly called Lugdunum by inhabitants by the first year AD, and eventually the city was called Lyon because of dialect shifts. The city's natural location as a passageway for travelers into the greater Gaul area at the time made it easily recognizable as a tactical and economic centre for the area. Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa acted on this, and proceeded to construct his Roman roads throughout Gaul with Lyon as the starting point. With the roads, the city began to overflow with commerce and the arrival of Italian merchants which expanded the city's borders for decades.

Now, visiters can view works of art and architecture as well as history and literature at any of the number of museums in the city. The African Museum of Lyon, Gallo-Roman Museum, Musee des Tissus et des Arts Decoratifs, or Musee d'art contemporain de Lyon to name a few. If you'd just like to enjoy the scenery, you could spend time at any of the local parks and gardens. The Jardin botanique de Lyon, Parc de Parilly, Parc de Miribel-Jonage, or Parc de Gerland for example. Athletically, Lyon appears to produce a good share of professional soccer players or footballers including Frederique Bangue, Youri Djorkaeff, Helton Dos Reis, Ludovic Assemoassa, and Karim Benzema.