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Vienne, Isère
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Subprefecture and commune | |
 An aerial view of Vienne | |
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Location of Vienne | |
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| Coordinates: 45°31′27″N 4°52′41″E / 45.5242°N 4.8781°E / 45.5242; 4.8781Coordinates: 45°31′27″N 4°52′41″E / 45.5242°N 4.8781°E / 45.5242; 4.8781 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Isère |
| Arrondissement | Vienne |
| Canton | Vienne-1 and 2 |
| Intercommunality | Pays Viennois |
| Government | |
| • Mayor .mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal} (2014–2020) |
Thierry Kovacs (UMP) |
| Area 1 |
22.65 km2 (8.75 sq mi) |
| Population (2012)2 |
29,077 |
| • Density | 1,300/km2 (3,300/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Viennois |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code |
38544 /38200 |
| Elevation | 140–404 m (459–1,325 ft) (avg. 169 m or 554 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Vienne (French pronunciation: [vjɛn]; Arpitan: Vièna) is a commune in southeastern France, located 35 kilometres (22 mi) south of Lyon, on the river Rhône. It is only the fourth largest city in the Isère department, of which it is a subprefecture, but was a major center of the Roman empire.
Before the arrival of the Roman armies, Vienne was the capital city of the Allobroges, a Gallic people. Transformed into a Roman colony in 47 BC under Julius Caesar, Vienne became a major urban center, ideally located along the Rhône, then a major axis of communication.
It was to Vienne in 7 AD that Augustus banished King Herod Archelaus, so the Herodian family may have had land there.[1]
The town later became a Roman provincial capital. Numerous remains of Roman constructions are still visible in modern Vienne. The town was also an important early bishopric in Christian Gaul. Its most famous bishop was Avitus of Vienne. At the Council of Vienne, convened there in October 1311, Pope Clement V abolished the order of the Knights Templar. During the Middle Ages, Vienne was part of the kingdom of Provence, dependent on the Holy Roman Empire, while the opposite bank of the Rhône was French territory, thus making it a strategic position.[2]
Today, the town is a regional commercial and industrial center specializing in the food industry. Tourism is also a major part of the town's economy. Indeed, there are many important historical monuments that draw the crowds, but the annual Jazz à Vienne[3] festival in July also makes it a popular tourist destination. It was mentioned multiple times in the book "The Day of the Jackal", by Frederick Forsyth.
Contents
1 History
1.1 Roman Vienne
1.2 Christian Vienne
1.3 Burgundian Vienne
1.4 In the Kingdom of Provence
1.5 France
2 Main sights
3 Gallery
4 Twin cities
5 See also
6 References
7 External links
History
Vienne's Roman Pyramid at night
The ruins of Vienne's Medieval castle
Saint-Maurice Cathedral
Vienne's city hall
Roman Temple (Temple d'Auguste et de Livie, Temple of Augustus and Livia)
Roman Vienne
The oppidum of the Allobroges became a Roman colony about 47 BC under Julius Caesar, but the Allobroges managed to expel them; the exiles then founded the colony of Lugdunum (today's Lyon).[2]Herod Archelaus was exiled here in 6 AD.[4] During the early Empire, Vienna (as the Romans called it—not to be confused with today's Vienna, then known as Vindobona) regained all its former privileges as a Roman colony.In 260 Postumus was proclaimed emperor here of a short-lived Gallo-Roman empire. Later it became a provincial capital of the Dioecesis Viennensis. In 257 Postumus was proclaimed emperor here of a short-lived Gallo-Roman empire. Vienne became the seat of the vicar of prefects after the creation of regional dioceses (usually dated to 298, but the growing consensus seems to be 313/14). On the bank of the Gère are traces of the ramparts of the old Roman city, and on Mont Pipet (east of the town) are the remains of a Roman theatre, while the ruined thirteenth-century castle there was built on Roman footings. Several ancient aqueducts and traces of Roman roads can still be seen.
Two important Roman monuments still stand at Vienne. One is the Early Imperial temple of Augustus and Livia, a rectangular peripteral building of the Corinthian order, erected by the emperor Claudius, which owes its survival, like the Maison Carrée at Nîmes, to being converted to a church soon after the Theodosian decrees and later rededicated as "Notre Dame de Vie." (During the Revolutionary Reign of Terror it was used for the local Festival of Reason.) The other is the Plan de l'Aiguille, a truncated pyramid resting on a portico with four arches, from the Roman circus. Many popular theories[example needed] have been advanced as to the original intent of this structure; there is even a legend[citation needed] of Pontius Pilate making it his tomb.
Christian Vienne
The provincial capital was an important early seat of a bishop and the legendary first bishop said to have been Crescens, a disciple of Paul. There were Christians here in 177 when the churches of Vienne and Lyon addressed a letter to those of Asia and Phrygia and mention is made of the deacon of Vienne (Eusebius of Caesarea, Church History). The first historical bishop was Verus, who was present at the Council of Arles (314). About 450, Vienne's bishops became archbishops,several of whom in the played an important cultural role, e.g. Mamertus, who established Rogation pilgrimages, and the poet, Avitus (498-518). Vienne's archbishops and those of Lyon disputed the title of "Primate of All the Gauls" based on the dates of founding of the cities compared to the dates of founding of the bishoprics.[2] Vienne's archbishopric was suppressed in 1790[2] during the revolution and officially terminated 11 years later by the Concordat of 1801.
Burgundian Vienne
Vienne was a target during the Migration Period: it was taken by the Kingdom of the Burgundians in 438, but re-taken by the Romans and held until 461. In 534 the Merovingian-led Franks captured Vienne. It was then sacked by the Lombards in 558, and later by the Moors in 737.[2] When Francia's king divided Frankish Burgundia into three parts in 843 by the Treaty of Verdun, Vienne became part of Middle Francia.
In the Kingdom of Provence
King Charles II the Bald assigned the district in 869 to Comte Boso of Provence, who in 879 proclaimed himself king of Provence and on his death in 887 was buried in the cathedral church of St. Maurice.[2] Vienne then continued as capital of the Dauphiné Vienne of the Kingdom of Provence, from 882 of the Kingdom of West Francia and from 933 of the Kingdom of Arles until in 1032, when it reverted to the Holy Roman Empire, but the real rulers were the archbishops of Vienne. Their rights were repeatedly recognized, but they had serious local rivals in the counts of Albon, and later Dauphins of the neighboring countship of the Viennois. In 1349, the reigning Dauphin sold his rights to the Dauphiné to France, but the archbishop stood firm and Vienne was not included in this sale. The archbishops finally surrendered their territorial powers to France in 1449.[2]Gui de Bourgogne, who was archbishop 1090–1119, was pope from 1119 to 1124 as Callixtus II.
The Council of Vienne was the fifteenth Ecumenical Council of the Roman Catholic Church that met between 1311 and 1312 in Vienne. Its principal act was to withdraw papal support for the Knights Templar[2] on the instigation of Philip IV of France.
France
The archbishops did not give up their rights over it to France till 1449, when it first became French. Vienne was sacked in 1562 by the Protestants under the baron des Adrets, and was held for the Ligue 1590–95, when it was taken in the name of Henri IV by Montmorency. The fortifications were demolished between 1589 and 1636.[2]
Main sights
The two outstanding Roman remains in Vienne are the temple of Augustus and Livia, and the Plan de l'Aiguille or Pyramide, a truncated pyramid resting on a portico with four arches, which was associated with the city's Roman circus.
The early Romanesque church of Saint Peter belonged to an ancient Benedictine abbey and was rebuilt in the ninth century, with tall square piers and two ranges of windows in the tall aisles and a notable porch. It is one of France's oldest Christian buildings dating from the 5th century laid-out in the form of a basilica and having a large and well constructed nave. It also boasts a beautiful Romanesque tower and a magnificently sculptured South portal containing a splendid statue of Saint Peter. Today, the building houses a lapidary museum that holds a Junon head and the beautiful statue of Tutela, the city's protective divinity.
The Gothic former cathedral of St Maurice was built between 1052 and 1533. It is a basilica, with three aisles and an apse, but no ambulatory or transepts. It is 315 feet (96 m) in length, 118 feet (36 m) wide and 89 feet (27 m) in height. The most striking portion is the west front, which rises majestically from a terrace overhanging the Rhône. Its sculptural decoration was badly damaged by the Protestants in 1562 during the Wars of Religion.[2]
The Romanesque church of St André en Bas was the church of a second Benedictine monastery, and became the chapel of the earlier kings of Provence. It was rebuilt in 1152, in the later Romanesque style.[2]
Gallery
The SNCF Station of Vienne
The Gallo-Roman theater of Vienne
The Chapel of Notre-Dame de Pipet, on the hill of Pipet
Saint-André le Bas Abbey
Saint-André le Bas Abbey
Saint-André le Haut Abbey
Public bus in front of the SNCF station
The Gallo-Roman Pyramid
Fountain in central Vienne
The banks of the river Rhône, in central Vienne
View over the North of the city
View over the South of the city with the Pilat mounts in the background
Twin cities
- Albacete, Spain
- Esslingen, Germany
- Goris, Armenia
- Neath Port Talbot, Wales
- Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland
- Schiedam, Netherlands
- Udine, Italy
- Velenje, Slovenia
- Greenwich, Connecticut, United States
See also
- Archbishopric of Vienne
Council of Vienne (1311–1312)
References
^ Josephus, Antiquities, Book 17, Ch 13 (344)
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^ Josephus, Wars of the Jews (book 2, chapter 7, verse 3).
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Martial, Epigrams, 7.78
Strabo, Geography, 4.1.10
External links
Livius.org: Roman Vienne - historical information and pictures
Official website (in French)- ‘Little Pompeii’ Unearthed in France is Most Exceptional Roman Site Found in Half a Century
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