Rhône-Alpes is a singularly outstanding yet multi-faceted region. Outstanding for the wealth of its heritage and multi-faceted because it has inherited a multi-layered past, charged in history.

The Rhône Valley is an heir to Rome and the Empire, Lotharingia has links with Flanders, the Rivers Saône and Rhône take us closer to the Rhine and the sea and the Alps were once a link before they were transformed into a frontier.