# Île Barbe

Lyon, France

An island in the Saône that held one of the oldest monasteries in Gaul, founded in the fifth century and burned in 1562. Today its public half offers lawns, pétanque and a Romanesque chapel rising above private gardens.

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Coordinates: 45.79722, 4.83167

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