The French city of Lyon is famous for its traboules, networks of passageways that connect many of Lyon's Renaissance-era buildings that stand on Fourvière hill. While many traboules were likely built to allow residents to quickly descend from their homes to the old town below, some gained a new purpose during the 19th century. They connected the silk workshops of the Croix Rousse district to the commercial center of Vieux Lyon, allowing silk weavers to transport textiles down the steep hill to reach merchants. Later, during World War II, French Resistance fighters famously hid from Gestapo officers and planned meetings in the passageways, which many outsiders were unaware of.
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