[docdeek]

> If you had been at the great fair of Lyon in 1555, you could have seen the answer. Lyon's fair was the greatest market for international trade in all Europe.

This is interesting to me as I live in the city and it's long been a center for trade, geographically positioned on two major rivers and with access to Paris, Switzerland, and Italy. Try as I might, though, I can't Google up anything about that fair in 1555 - does anyone have a link to a Wikipedia-style/level article about it?

[halfbrite]

The Foires de Lyon are likely being referenced, but that specific year is more than likely a reference to the Grand Parti de Lyon -- which was neither a party or a faire.

[docdeek]

Thanks - the Grand Parti de Lyon was what I was finding when I was searching and it didn’t align with the idea of the Foires I was expecting to find.

[noja]

This? https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foires_de_Lyon

[blowski]

Interestingly, the English equivalent of that page describes an event that's been happening only since 1985.

[rozenmd]

There's a fairly significant amount of information locked away in language-specific Wikipedia - many French things have a stub article in English, and an absolute essay in French