La Confluence
Reclaimed dockland playground with a synthetic football pitch and skatepark on the river quay.
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About this audio guide
This guide to La Confluence in Lyon starts on the synthetic turf of a football pitch laid in 2007 at the corner of quai Rambaud and cours Bayard, meant only as a temporary replacement for a ground on cours Charlemagne. It traces how the pitch stuck around and earned a lasting name on land that was once nothing but freight yards, warehouses and cranes, and follows the concrete skate zones built nearby in 2019. Walk the quay and picture the trains that once ran where people now just play.
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