Tour métallique de Fourvière
The Tour métallique de Fourvière is a landmark of Lyon . It is a steel lattice tower modeled on the Eiffel Tower with a height of 85.9 meters and a weight of 210 tons, which was built between 1892 and 1894 according to plans by Gustave Eiffel on the Fourvière hill . It served as a viewing tower until November 1st, 1953 , today it is a broadcast tower - not open to the public .
Historical background
The tower was built by a private person, a restaurateur by the name of Gay, on the occasion of the great Lyon exhibition of 1894, but was and is a deliberate mark of the republican, secular faction of the citizenry and a challenge to the symbol of the Catholic-conservative circles, which the neighboring St. Mary's Basilica erected by Notre-Dame de Fourvière .
Broadcast radio and TV programs
radio
| program | frequency | ERP |
|---|---|---|
| France Inter | 87.75 MHz | 2 kW |
| Regional | 91.05 MHz | 2 kW |
| France Culture | 94.0 MHz | 3 kW |
| France Musique | 98.0 MHz | 2 kW |
TV
| program | channel | frequency | ERP |
|---|---|---|---|
| M6 | 22nd | 479.25 MHz | 10 kW |
| La Cinq | 28 | 527.25 MHz | 10 kW |
| Antenna 2 | 58 | 767.25 MHz | 10 kW |
| TF1 | 61 | 791.25 MHz | 10 kW |
| France Regions 3 | 64 | 815.25 MHz | 10 kW |
Web links
- Tour métallique de Fourvière. In: Structurae
- Tour métallique de Fourvière (French)
- La tour métallique de Fourvière à Lyon (French)
Coordinates: 45 ° 45 ′ 49 ″ N , 4 ° 49 ′ 20 ″ E