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Clock in the Place de Palud
The Place de Palud is a town square in the center of the city. Every hour,...
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Hotel de la Ville
This used to be their town hall. Actually, most of the larger Suisse-Romande...
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the spire of the Hotel de la Ville
There are little dragons here, and I wish I knew the story why there...
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statue of Justice in the Place de Palud
Her skirt is lifted to show her leg, but I don't know why. Maybe...
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architecture
The S's actually mark the endpoints of bars that act as structural...
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view from a plaza
This plaza is located in front of St. Pierre's Cathedrale. On a...
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same place, different view
The cranes are building a metro, which will go under the St. Pierre's...
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the Bishop's garden
This garden is next to what used to be the Bishop of Lausanne's...
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Bishop's garden again
You can actually go here...the bishop's house is now the...
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Cathédrale Notre Dame
I climbed the belfry...165 steps I think. There's a "guet" or a...
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Doors of the Cathédrale Notre Dame
This is the Montfalcon portal to the west, since cathedrals are built to face...
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stained class window and archway
The stained glass windows aren't originals, except the rose window. The...
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stained glass windows
The windows aren't the originals, so a lot are a mix from different periods.
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Rose Window
This is the original, surprisingly...the windows is rather non-secular...
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more stained glass
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the full effect
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a building in the vieille ville
The old city is nestled up on a higher hill and used to be surrounded by two...
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Chateau St-Maire
This used to be the home of the bishops until the Bernese invaded. The...
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more from the old city
Now the old city is mainly government offices and a few restaurants. It's...
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vieille ville - street in old city
you can see Cathédrale Notre Dame, the oldest cathedral in Switzerland
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Eglise St. François
The Gothic ceiling of a former Franciscan monastic church. It's...
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Ouchy
Marina in Ouchy, down by the bord du lac.
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Ouchy
note on pronunciation: OO-She and not Ow-Chee
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my apartment building in Lausanne
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tout en haut
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Western Europe
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