| Parc de Mon Repos | |
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| Type | English landscape garden |
| Location | Lausanne, Switzerland |
| Website | www.lausanne.ch |
The Parc de Mon Repos is a public park of the city of Lausanne, Switzerland.
The villa in the centre of the park hosted the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee from 1922 to 1967. [1]
Lausanne is the capital and largest city of the Swiss French-speaking canton of Vaud. It is a hilly city situated on the shores of Lac Léman, about halfway between the Jura Mountains and the Alps, and facing the French town of Évian-les-Bains across the lake. Lausanne is located 62 kilometres northeast of Geneva, the nearest major city.
The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) is the governing body for all national table tennis associations that use ITTF-approved sponge table tennis rackets. The role of the ITTF includes overseeing rules and regulations and seeking technological improvement for the sport of table tennis. The ITTF is responsible for the organization of numerous international competitions, including the World Table Tennis Championships that has continued since 1926.
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 one of Lausanne's prime tourist site draws attracting more than 250,000 visitors each year.
Gustave Moynier was a Swiss jurist who was active in many charitable organizations in Geneva.
Mon Repos or Monrepos may refer to:
Ouchy is a port and a popular lakeside resort south of the centre of Lausanne in Switzerland, at the edge of Lake Geneva.
Lousonna is a Roman archaeological site in Switzerland. It preceded the present-day city of Lausanne.
The Olympic Cup is an award given annually by the International Olympic Committee.
Le Bouveret is a village in the commune of Port-Valais in the Swiss canton of Valais. Situated at the southernmost end of Lake Geneva and close to the French border, Le Bouveret is very much tourism-oriented with several amusement attractions, including the Swiss Vapeur Parc and the water amusement park Aquaparc. Le Bouveret is also the seat of Cesar Ritz Colleges, a Hospitality school.
Milo Martin was a Swiss sculptor and medal-artist.
The Parc La Grange is an urban park in the city of Geneva, Switzerland.
The Maison du Sport International is an office complex opened in 2006 in Lausanne, Switzerland, via a joint venture between the City of Lausanne, the Canton of Vaud and the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It was created to entice all the World's sports governing bodies to bring their headquarters to Lausanne, in order to improve their proximity to the headquarters of the IOC, and thus improve communications between these bodies.
The 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games, officially known as the III Winter Youth Olympic Games and commonly known as Lausanne 2020, were the third edition of the Winter Youth Olympics; a major international multi-sport event and cultural festival for teenagers that was held in Lausanne, Switzerland, the home of the International Olympic Committee, between 9 and 22 January 2020.
The Lausanne Opera is an opera house based in Lausanne, Switzerland. With a stage renovation in 2012, the Lausanne Opera offers a wide variety of operas, from baroque to contemporary, along with concerts and ballets.
Vidy is an area of the city of Lausanne (Switzerland), on the shores of Lake Geneva.
The Esplanade of Montbenon is an area of the city of Lausanne (Switzerland). It is located in the centre of the city, to the south of Flon.
The Parc de Milan is a public park of the city of Lausanne, Switzerland.
The Musée d'ethnographie de Genève is one of the most important ethnographic museums in Switzerland.
Stade Pierre de Coubertin is an outdoor stadium in the city of Lausanne (Switzerland).
Gaston Mullegg, also known as Mühlegg, was a Swiss sports official. He was the president of the Fédération Internationale des Sociétés d'Aviron (FISA), the International Rowing Federation, from 1949 or 1950 until his death.
