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Tour Bel-Air and Métropole’s programme still
Salle Métropole features some of the world’s
most highly acclaimed talents,
⌂ 1 Place Bel-Air § 021 345
00 29 among them the Ukrainian
Classical Ballet and the
Set on a steep slope, at the musician Alain Chamfort. The
foot of the Old Town, the Tour Lausanne Symphony Orchestra
Bel-Air was Switzerland’s first also makes its home here.
high-rise structure. Standing
50 m (165 ft) high, it contains
offices, resi dential apartments GREAT VIEW
and the Salle Métropole Across the
the atre. Completed in 1931, Rooftops
the building was initially con- Built on a hill, the lower
sidered “an insult to good and higher parts of the
sense and taste”, but quickly city are connected by a
became a beloved landmark. series of steps. Take the
Inspired by the cityscape of market stairs up to the
New York, the buil ding gives cathedral, then climb all
the town’s skyline a touch of the way into the belfry,
met ro politan verve. which is the highest
The theatre has become one point in the city, to soak
of the city’s cultural hubs and up stunning views
has hosted some of the best across the roofs of old
in the performing arts. In its Lausanne to the green
heyday, audiences flocked steeple of St-François
here to see dancer Josephine church, the lake and
Baker and trumpeter Louis the mountains beyond.
Armstrong. These days the

Fondation de
l’Hermitage
QUATRE-JANVIER de l’Art Brut CHEMIN D ES CEDRES RUE DE LA BORDE A V. L. VULLIEMIN l’Hermitage
AVE VINGT-
Parc de
AV E N U E BE R G I E R E S
Collection
AVE NU E DE BE AU L I E U RUE SAINT-ROCH RUE DU VALENTIN RUE DU TUNNEL Château RUE DU VALLON R. DE L’INDUSTRIE R U E D U B U G N O N CHUV
PLACE DU
TUNNEL
AV E A L EX AN D R E-V I N E T
RUE DE MAUPAS
AVE DE
Palais de L’UNIVERSITÉ St-Maire R UE ST-MARTIN
AVENUE DE FRANCE
PLACE R U E D E L’A L E Rumine RUE CITÉ DERRIÈRE RUE DR CÉSAR ROUX
R. PRÉ DU MARC HÉ
AVE D'ECHALLENS
CHAUDERON RUE P.-VIRET
Riponne-M.
Béjart PLACE AV. R. DE M ENTHON
DE LA
RUE W.
Église
PONT CHAUDERON Viglie and Salle Métropole BEL-AIR ALDIMAND RIPONNE Historique Cathédrale
Place de
R U E D E G E N È V E
St-Laurent
RUE DE TERREAUX
la Palud
Notre-Dame
Tour Bel-Air
PLACE
Musée
Cocooning
R. DE
LA LOUVE
Flon
Lausanne-
Flon PLACE R. DU PONT BESSIÈRES AVENUE DE BETHUSY
PONT CH.
PEPINET RUE CENTRALE RUE CAROLINE Ours
Musée Romain AVENUE JULES-GONIN RUE DU GRAND PONT
2.5 km (1.5 miles) ALLÉE ERNEST-ANSERMET Blondel Bessières AV E N UE DU TRIBUNAL-FEDERAL
RUE DE BO URG
Esplanade de Église Chorus
Montbenon R. DURAND-CHÊNE St-François
Place R. S T. PIERRE Parc
St-François Mon-Repos
Particules en
AV. B. CONSTANT
Suspension A V E N U E M O N - R E P O S
RUE DE LA GROTTE AVENUE DE THEATRE
CHEMIN DE MORNEX
AVENUE LOUIS-RUCHONNET
RUE B EA U - SÉ J OU R
Lausanne-
AV EN UE SA IN TE -L UC E
PLACE
DE LA GARE Gare
0 metres 300 N
AVE NUE DE L A G AR E
Lausanne
AVENUE DU MONT-D'OR Ouchy station Olympic Museum
Loom Gelateria 1.5 km (1 mile) 1 km (0.6 mile) 0 yards 300
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