The Esplanade of Montbenon () is an area of the city of
Lausanne
Lausanne ( , ; ; ) is the capital and largest List of towns in Switzerland, city of the Swiss French-speaking Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Vaud, in Switzerland. It is a hilly city situated on the shores of Lake Geneva, about halfway bet ...
(
Switzerland
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ...
). It is located in the centre of the city, to the south of
Flon.
Casino de Montbenon
The Casino de Montbenon was built in 1908. It hosted the headquarters of the
International Olympic Committee
The International Olympic Committee (IOC; , CIO) is the international, non-governmental, sports governing body of the modern Olympic Games. Founded in 1894 by Pierre de Coubertin and Demetrios Vikelas, it is based i ...
from 1915 to 1922.
The Casino de Montbenon currently hosts the
Swiss Film Archive, assembly halls and a restaurant (the Brasserie de Montbenon). The building contains the Cinématographe that serves as a movie theater for the
Swiss Film Archive, the multi-use concert hall and movie theater Salle Paderewski as well as the Salle des fêtes, a large multi-use space that can host different kinds of events. Apart from the activities of the
Swiss Film Archive, the Casino de Montbenon also hosts punctual events such as the
Lausanne Underground Film and Music Festival, the jazz festiva
Jazz Onze+and the film festival
Festival cinémas d'Afrique Lausanne
The Festival cinémas d'Afrique Lausanne is an international yearly film festival held in August at Lausanne, Switzerland, since 2006 screening new films about or originating from Africa.
The festival is organised by the local society Associati ...
amongst others.
Palais de justice
The Palais de justice de Montbenon ("Montbenon Law Courts") was built between 1881 and 1886 to host the
Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland.
Palais de justice de Montbenon
, www.lausanne.ch (page visited on 23 April 2013). In the 1920s, the Federal Supreme Court moved to the Parc de Mon Repos and the building currently hosts the ''Tribunal d'arrondissement de Lausanne''.
Gallery
File:Lausanne Esplanade Montbenon.jpg, Montbenon and the view on Lake Léman
File:Casino de Montbenon, Lausanne.jpg, The Casino de Montbenon
File:LausanneAncienTribunalFederal(1).jpg, The Palais de justice de Montbenon
Notes and references
See also
* List of cultural property of national significance in Switzerland: Vaud
External links
Page on the website of the City of Lausanne
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Parks in Lausanne