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A hig Swiss
market town

Lausanne: the centre of Europe

Hal Holden
Contributing Weser

LAUSANNE,
Switzerland — Over
time the tidy country-
side and towns around
this

ancient city which
clings to three hills
above Europe’s largest
fresh-water lake have
attracted many world
celebrities.

They include the rich and
famous, smart and talented.
French philosophers Voltaire
and Rousseau lived here. So
did writerss Victor Hugo and
Leo Tolstoi, film stars Audrey

Hepbum, Richard Burton and
Charlie Chaplin. [gor
Stravinsky and Peter Ilvch
Tchaikovsky wrote music
while dwelling on the cres-
cent-shaped shores of Lake
Leman, as the locals call it, or
Lake Geneva, as most others
do.

Because of the connection
with these world figures and
the city’s location, Lausannois
will tell you they live in the
centre of Europe. They are
proud of the city’s sophistica-
tion and history which goes
back to a Roman settlement.
Lausanne, in the French-
speaking part of Switzerland,
is a sophisticated university,
cultural and business centre

See Lausanne page 3

THE Old City of Lausanne features narrow cobble-

stone streets and medieval architecture.

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