Lyon is the third largest city in France and an established business centre. There are more restaurants per square metre in this city than anywhere else on earth, so you know you're in for the best of French cuisine. The city is populated by about a half a million people and it's cultural scene is colorful and lively. Lyon's Musée des Beaux-Arts has a great selection of works, including Rubens, El Greco and Tintoretto, and the Musée d'Art Contemporain offers more modern works for viewing. The centre of Lyon is the Presqu'île which lies between the rivers Saône and Rhône. Across the Saône is the old town on which the Romans built their capital of Gaul; to the north is the old silk weavers' district, and modern Lyon lies east of the Rhône.