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Gros Caillou

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Lyon 1 Gros caillou

Gros Caillou (literally "big pebble") is a landmark of the French city of Lyon in the neighborhood Croix-Rousse. The rock's mineralogical composition suggests it is a glacial erratic, and would have been transported from the nearby Alps by slowly moving glaciers.

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Gros Caillou
Boulevard de la Croix-Rousse, Lyon Pentes de la Croix-Rousse

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N 45.7747 ° E 4.8352 °
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Esplanade du Gros Caillou

Boulevard de la Croix-Rousse
69001 Lyon, Pentes de la Croix-Rousse
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
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