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1922

The year T S Eliot
completed the poem
The Wasteland, while
under psychiatric care
EXPERIENCE Western Switzerland
in Lausanne.

The terracotta-coloured
rooftops of Lausanne’s
hilltop Old Town
1 \-= Fondation de
LAUSANNE 1 " AVE VINGT- AV E N U E BE R G I E R E S CHEMIN D ES CEDRES RUE DE LA BORDE l’Hermitage
l’Hermitage
Place de la Palud
QUATRE-JANVIER
Parc de
Collection
town hall, a grand two-storey
! B4 ⌂ 200 km (124 miles) SW of Zürich n 9 Place de la Lausanne’s 17th-century de l’Art Brut A V. L. VULLIEMIN
Gare; 4 Place de la Navigation; www.lausanne-tourisme.ch arcaded build ing fronted by AV E A L EX AN D R E-V I N E T RUE DU VALLON CHUV
the arms of the city, domi- RUE DE MAUPAS RUE DU VALENTIN PLACE DU
Nestled within the outstandingly beautiful the north nates the south side of this AVE NUE DE BE AU L I E U TUNNEL R. DE L’INDUSTRIE
shore of Lake Geneva, Lausanne is one market square. On 10 April RUE DU TUNNEL Château R U E D U B U G N O N
of Switzerland’s finest cities. A Roman 1915, the founder of the AVENUE DE FRANCE RUE SAINT-ROCH R. PRÉ DU MARC HÉ AVE DE
lakeshore settlement in the 1st century, modern Olympics, Pierre de L’UNIVERSITÉ St-Maire
its inhabitants later moved to higher Coubertin, ratified the estab- AVE D'ECHALLENS PLACE R U E D E L’A L E Palais de RUE CITÉ DERRIÈRE R UE ST-MARTIN RUE DR CÉSAR ROUX
Rumine
lish ment of the International
ground. This area is now the city’s Old Olympic Committee here and CHAUDERON Riponne-M. PLACE RUE P.-VIRET AV. R. DE M ENTHON
Béjart
Town. Lausanne became a bishopric in moved the head quarters to R U E D E G E N È V E RUE DE TERREAUX Église DE LA
RUE W.
Place de
the late 6th century, and its Fondation the city. Tour Bel-Air St-Laurent ALDIMAND RIPONNE Cathédrale
la Palud
PLACE
Académie was founded here in 1537. At the centre of the square PONT CHAUDERON and Salle Métropole BEL-AIR R. DE Notre-Dame
Musée
Today the city remains a centre of the is the 16th-century Fontaine Viglie Cocooning LA LOUVE Historique
cultural and economic life of French- de la Justice, with a figure of Flon Lausanne- PLACE R. DU PONT BESSIÈRES AVENUE DE BETHUSY
Flon
PONT CH.
speaking Switzerland. Its importance is Justice. The cov ered wooden Musée Romain AVENUE JULES-GONIN RUE DU GRAND PONT PEPINET RUE CENTRALE RUE CAROLINE Ours
stairs beyond, known as the
evident – it is the location of the Federal Escaliers du Marché, lead to 2.5 km (1.5 miles) ALLÉE ERNEST-ANSERMET Blondel Bessières AV E N UE DU TRIBUNAL-FEDERAL
Supreme Court and the International Rue Viret, from where further Esplanade de R. DURAND-CHÊNE Église Chorus
RUE DE BO URG
Montbenon
Parc
Olympic Committee. steps lead up to the cathedral. St-François St-François R. S T. PIERRE Mon-Repos
Place
The square is a popular AVENUE LOUIS-RUCHONNET AV. B. CONSTANT Particules en
Suspension
meeting area. A street market CHEMIN DE MORNEX A V E N U E M O N - R E P O S
takes place here twice a week RUE B EA U - SÉ J OU R
The figure of Justice on Wednesday and Saturday, Lausanne- RUE DE LA GROTTE AVENUE DE THEATRE
AV EN UE SA IN TE -L UC E
PLACE
crowning the 16th-century and once a month the square DE LA GARE Gare
Fontaine de la Justice is filled with a crafts fair. AVE NUE DE L A G AR E 0 metres 300 N
Lausanne
AVENUE DU MONT-D'OR Ouchy station Olympic Museum
130 Loom Gelateria 1.5 km (1 mile) 1 km (0.6 mile) 0 yards 300
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