The Parc de Mon Repos is a public park 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
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.
The villa in the centre of the park hosted the headquarters of the
International Olympic Committee
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from 1922 to 1967.
[Mon-Repos country estate]
www.lausanne.ch (page visited on 23 April 2013).
Gallery
File:PMR20.jpg, Th
was 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 ...
between 1922 and 1967[
File:Tribunal Fédéral Lausanne Parc Mon-Repos.jpg, The park and the ]Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland
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The Federal Supreme Court is headquartered in the Federal Courth ...
File:Parc_Mon-Repos_fontaine_et_canard.jpg, The fountain in front of the former stables
File:PMR14.jpg, The small neoclassical rotunda
A rotunda () is any roofed building with a circular ground plan, and sometimes covered by a dome. It may also refer to a round room within a building (an example being the one below the dome of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.). ...
See also
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List of cultural property of national significance in Switzerland: Vaud
Notes and references
External links
Page on the website of the City of Lausanne
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Parks in Lausanne