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- Name: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Population: 7,695,264

- Capital: Lyon
- Departments: Allier, Puy-de-Dôme, Cantal, Haute-Loire, Loire, Rhône, Ain, Haute-Savoie, Savoie, Isère, Drôme, and Ardèche

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Punic Wars (264 BC - 146 BC)
- Carthagians vs Romans
- Hannibal of Carthage sent elephants through the alps
- Romans won the war

Gaelic Wars (58 BC – 51 BC)
- Celts vs Romans
- Romans win the war

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North: Rhone river, vineyards
South: Hills & flatlands
East: French Alps
West: Flat Plains, Volcanoes

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Tourism

- Opera de Lyon
- Hot Springs
- Mont Blanc
- Gallo-Roman Mueseum of Lyon-Fourviere
- Puy-de-Dome

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Joseph-Michel Montgolfier (1740-1810) & Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier (1745-1799) - Inventors of the flying hot air balloon.

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Auguste Marie Louis Nicolas (1862-1954) & Louis Jean (1864-1948) - First filmmakers in history. Inventors of the cinematograph.

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Aviator and author of the book Le Petit Prince.

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French impressionist painter

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WWII French resistance leader

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Fondue: Cheese melted in a pot over a portable stove.
Raclette: Semi-firm cow milk cheese used as accompaniment
Reblochon: Soft cheese made from raw cow milk

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- Machons: Morning snacks made with local meat.
- Tartiflette: Potato gratin dish made from reblochon cheese and smoked bacon.
- Duck Pate: Paste containing liver, beef, and chicken.
- Quenelle: Mixture of creamed fish or poached meat, formed into an egg-like shape, and then cooked.

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Lyon:
- Lights festival
- Quatres Glorieuses gastronomic exhibition

Drôme:
- Exhibition of Christmas cribs

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