Lausanne
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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 betwe
From top to bottom; left to right: the Olympic Museum, the Cathedral of Lausanne, the Federal courts of Switzerland, aerial view of the city, and the park of Milan.
Saint-François Square, circa 1840
The agglomeration of Lausanne, Lake Geneva and the Alps
Townhall of Lausanne on the Place de la Palud
Bern
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Bern, or Berne, is the de facto capital of Switzerland, referred to as the "federal city". With a population of about 146,000, Bern is the fifth-most populous city in Switzerland, behind Zurich, Genev
Lausanne
…1275, the Lausanne Cathedral was consecrated in the presence of Pope Gregory X and King Rudolf I of Germany. It was invaded by forces from the canton of Bern and remained under their domination from 1536 to 1798. The iconoclastic Bernese stripped the Lausanne cathedral of its Roman Catholic trappings, and a…
Bundeshaus Bern 2009, Flooffy
Kramgasse mit Zähringerbrunnen und Zytgloggeturm in Bern
Hauptgebäude der Universität Bern an der Hochschulstrasse Pano HQ
Bern Zentrum Paul Klee DSC06133