Quai Arloing, riverfront in the 9th arrondissement of Lyon, France

Quai Arloing is a riverfront path along the right bank of the Saône in Lyon's 9th arrondissement. The paved route stretches about 670 meters alongside the water and is lined with buildings of varying heights and styles, featuring a wide shaded walkway under plane trees on one side and a lower path near the water's edge on the other.

The right bank of the Saône here was used as a necropolis in Antiquity; digs from the mid-19th century onward brought up an epitaph in 1864, lead sarcophagi in 1967-1968 and a dedication to the Augusti and Apollo. Known as quai de Vaise from 1854, the quay was rebuilt in the 1860s because floods kept submerging it and blocking traffic and trade. It was renamed quai Arloing on 24 April 1911 for the veterinarian Saturnin Arloing (1846-1911).

The name recalls Saturnin Arloing (1846-1911), a veterinary professor at the quai Chauveau school who, with Jules Courmont, founded Lyon's bacteriological institute and anti-tuberculosis dispensary. The quay had been called quai de Vaise since 1854 and was renamed in his honour on 24 April 1911, the year of his death.

Quai Arloing runs about 670 metres along the right bank of the Saône, from the corner of rue Saint-Pierre-de-Vaise, near the end of quai Jaÿr, south to no. 40 beside the clos des Deux-Amants, just downstream of pont Kœnig, where quai Chauveau begins. The photograph shows an asphalt roadway with a marked bicycle lane and a raised sidewalk on the right, with a drainage grate set into the pavement.

Underground remains from Roman times have been found beneath the quay, including a necropolis with tombs and artifacts from the 1st century discovered by archaeologists. These findings reveal that people have used this riverbank for thousands of years, showing the deep historical layers beneath this modern walkway.