Vidy 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 ...

(

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), on the shores of

Lake Geneva Lake Geneva is a deep lake on the north side of the Alps, shared between Switzerland and France. It is one of the List of largest lakes of Europe, largest lakes in Western Europe and the largest on the course of the Rhône. Sixty percent () ...

(). Since 1968, 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 ...

have been at Vidy. The

Olympic Museum The Olympic Museum () in Lausanne, Switzerland houses permanent and temporary exhibits relating to sport and the Olympic movement. With more than 10,000 artifacts, the museum is the largest archive of Olympic Games memorabilia in the world and on ...

and the Olympic Park (sculpture garden) are at

Ouchy Ouchy is a port and a popular lakeside resort south of the centre of Lausanne in Switzerland, at the edge of Lake Geneva (). Facilities Very popular with tourists for the views of nearby France (Évian-les-Bains, Thonon), Ouchy is also a ...

, to the east of Vidy.

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File:Siege cio.jpg, The headquarters of the

File:Theatre-de-vidy.jpg, Th
Théâtre de Vidy
File:Lousonna03.JPG, Roman ruins of

Lousonna Lousonna (also Lousanna) is a Roman archaeological site in Switzerland. It preceded the present-day city of Lausanne. The Romans built a military camp on this spot, which they called ''Lousonna'', at the site of a Celtic settlement near Lake Gen ...

File:Plage de vidy en été.jpg, View from the beach at Vidy, on the shores of Lake Geneva

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Page on the website of the City of Lausanne
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Lausanne-Vidy Roman Museum
{{Coord, 46, 30, 53, N, 6, 36, 08, E, region:CH_type:city_source:kolossus-frwiki, display=title Lausanne Parks in Lausanne

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