Lausanne
settlement
capital city of the canton of Vaud, Switzerland
Location: 46.5333, 6.6333
Who is recorded here
- Heinrich I. von Lausanne death · AD 1018
- Rudolph III of Burgundy death · AD 1032
In art
About the place
Lausanne is the capital and largest city of the Swiss French-speaking canton of Vaud, in Switzerland. The Olympic capital, it is a hilly city situated on the shores of Lake Geneva, about halfway between the Jura Mountains and the Alps, and facing the French town of Évian-les-Bains across the lake.
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