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The Tour métallique de Fourvière ("Metallic tower of Fourvière"), a landmark of Lyon, France, is a steel framework tower which bears a striking resemblance to the Eiffel Tower, which predates it by three years. With a height of , previously before installation of the TV broadcasting antenna, and weighing 210 tons, the "metallic tower" was built between 1892 and 1894.

During the Exposition universelle of 1914 in Lyon<!-- not mentioned at Wikipedia article??--> it had a restaurant and an elevator capable of taking 22 people up to the summit. Although used as an observation tower until November 1, 1953, nowadays it serves as a television tower and is not accessible to the public. At , it is the highest point in Lyon.

Broadcasting stations

FM-radio

{| class="wikitable"

!Programme

!Frequency is euros

!ERP

|-

| France Inter || 87.75 MHz || 2&nbsp;kW

|-

| Regional || 91.05 MHz || 2&nbsp;kW

|-

| France Culture || 94.0 MHz || 3&nbsp;kW

|-

| France Musique || 98.0 MHz || 2&nbsp;kW

|}

TV

{| class="wikitable"

!Programme

!Channel-Number

!Frequency

!ERP

|-

| M6 || 22 || 479.25&nbsp;MHz || 10&nbsp;kW

|-

| TLM || 25 || 503.25&nbsp;MHz || 10&nbsp;kW

|-

| France 5 || 28 || 527.25&nbsp;MHz || 10&nbsp;kW

|-

| France 2 || 58 || 767.25&nbsp;MHz || 10&nbsp;kW

|-

| TF1 || 61 || 791.25&nbsp;MHz || 10&nbsp;kW

|-

| France 3 || 64 || 815.25&nbsp;MHz || 10&nbsp;kW

|}

See also

  • Fourvière
  • Lattice tower
  • List of towers
  • La tour métallique de Fourvière à Lyon Extensive documentation and building information
  • Skyscraperpage.com

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File:Tour metallique de fourviere.jpg|The Tour métallique de Fourvière at night

File:Lyon_Emetteur_TV_02.jpg|Tour métallique de Fourvière

File:Tour métallique de Fourvières.jpg|Poster advertising elevator

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