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Napoleon Bonaparte had a special relationship with Lyon and its inhabitants. After the Revolution-fuelled destruction during the Reign of Terror in 1793, the First Consul laid the first stone in the rebuilding of Place Bellecour. The people of Lyon showed the new emperor their love in 1805 by offering him the keys to the city, a highly symbolic gesture. In 1815, on his return from the island of Elba, Napoleon stopped over in Lyon, where the people acclaimed him; his declaration, “Lyonnais, je vous aime”, marked the last expression of the unique bond between the city and the emperor before his fall.
Napoléon Bonaparte entretient avec Lyon et ses habitants une relation privilégiée. Après les destructions révolutionnaires dans le contexte de la Terreur en 1793, le Premier Consul pose la première pierre de la reconstruction de la place Bellecour. Les Lyonnais témoignent leur amour en 1805 au nouvel Empereur en lui offrant les clés de la ville, geste hautement symbolique. En 1815, à son retour de l’île d’Elbe, Napoléon s’arrête à Lyon où il est acclamé par le peuple ; sa déclaration « Lyonnais, je vous aime » est la dernière manifestation de ce lien unique entre la ville et l’Empereur avant sa chute.
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