Editing Mâcon (section)

===Town centre===
[[File:Vieux Saint-Vincent (Mâcon-France).JPEG|thumb|upright|Mâcon Cathedral (Cathédrale le Vieux Saint-Vincent)]]
[[File:Église Saint-Pierre de Mâcon (France 2015) (16888753397).jpg|thumb|Saint-Pierre Church (1859–1865)]]
[[File:Hotel Dieu (Macon).JPG|thumb|upright|The Hôtel-Dieu built in the 18th century by Melchior Munet, a student of [[Soufflot]].]]
Mâcon's town center of extends from ''Place Gardon'', in the north, to the Roundabout of Europe in the south, from ''Place de la Barre'', in the west, to the banks along the Saône to the east.
The quarters of the town's centre are varied:
#The center by the town hall is the town's shopping area (rue Carnot, rue Dufour, rue Sigorgne, rue Philibert-Laguiche, rue Dombert, rue Franche, the quay Lamartine, the esplanade Lamartine and rue de la Barre).  Most landmarks are in this conventional ''centre-ville'' including the Cathedral of Saint-Vincent, the Church of Saint Pierre and the town's two museums.
#The Saint-Antoine district is centred around the ''Place aux Herbes'' and the historic heart despite its relative distance from the Town Hall. This district covers the northern part of the town centre; it is crossed by the rue de Strasbourg and consists of narrow lanes. There is the prefecture (district headquarters) of Saône-et-Loire and the old Saint-Vincent Cathedral (Vieux Saint-Vincent).
#West lies the ''Square de la Paix'', bordered by the Hôtel-Dieu, the Palais de Justice, Saint-Vincent Cathedral, plus the Vallon des Rigollettes and the ''Héritan'' district.

From the late 1990s to the early 2000s, the esplanade [[Alphonse de Lamartine|Lamartine]] underwent extensive redevelopment and upgrades. The winding car park and damaged cobblestones were replaced by an underground car park on three levels, a larger and brighter esplanade, bars, and a stage on the water (of the [[Saône|Saône river]]) which now accommodates various events, concerts and shows. The Statue Lamartine, which sits proudly on the esplanade, was completely renovated. Small gardens now brighten up the immense space that Mâcon's Esplanade [[Alphonse de Lamartine|Lamartine]] occupies. All along, one can find an extract from the famous poem by [[Alphonse de Lamartine|Lamartine]], "Le Lac": "Time, halt in your flight... " engraved in the ground in silver letters.