Lausanne

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Lausanne (population 126,766 in December 2003) is a city in french speaking part of Switzerland, at the shores of Lake Geneva (French: Lac L�man), about 60km north-east of Geneva. It is the capital of the Vaud canton. It lies in the middle of a wine-growing region.

The Romans built a military camp which they called Lousanna at the site of Celtic settlement. The city which grew from the camp was ruled by the Dukes of Savoy and the Bishop of Lausanne, and then by Berne from 1536 to 1798. In 1803, it became the capital of a newly formed Swiss canton, Vaud.

The International Olympic Committee has its headquarters in Lausanne, and the Olympic Museum is also located there.

Education

�cole Polytechnique F�d�rale de Lausanne (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology - Lausanne)
University of Lausanne (Universit� de Lausanne)

Museum

Cabinet des M�dailles cantonal
Collection de l'Art brut (Art Brut Collection)
Espace Arlaud
Espace des Inventions (Science Center for Kids)
Fondation de l'Hermitage (Hermitage Foundation)
Fondation Claude Verdan - Mus�e de la main (Museum of the Hand)
Fondation du vivarium de Lausanne
Forum d'architectures de Lausanne
Forum de l'H�tel de Ville (Forum of the Town Hall)
Mus�e cantonal d'Arch�ologie et d'Hitoire (Cantonal Museum of Archeology and History)
Mus�e cantonal des Beaux-Arts (Cantonal Fine Arts Museum)
Mus�e de design et d'arts appliqu�s contemporains, mu.dac
Mus�e de l'Elys�e (Elys�e Museum)
Mus�e cantonal de G�ologie (Cantonal Geological Museum)
Mus�e Historique de Lausanne (Lausanne Historical Museum)
Mus�e et jardins botaniques cantonaux (Cantonal Museum and Botanical Gardens)
Mus�e Olympique Lausanne (Olympic Museum)
Mus�e de Pully (Pully Museum)
Mus�e romain de Lausanne-Vidy (Lausanne-Vidy Roman Museum)
Mus�e de la Villa romaine de Pully (Pully Roman Villa Museum)
Mus�e cantonal de Zoologie (Cantonal Zoology Museum)
Roseraie de la Vall�e de la Jeunesse (Rosegarden)
Etablissement horticole de la Bourdonnette - serres de la Ville (Horticultural Establishment of La Bourdonette - Municipal Glasshouses)