Galerie Saint-François

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La galerie Saint-François est une galerie commerçante historique située dans la ville vaudoise de Lausanne, en Suisse.

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Banque Cantonale Vaudoise

The Banque Cantonale Vaudoise is the cantonal bank of the Swiss Canton of Vaud. Headquartered in Lausanne, it is Vaud's biggest bank by balance sheet. BCV is a universal bank providing retail banking, corporate banking, wealth management, and trading services.

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Lausanne

Lausanne is the capital and largest city of the Swiss French-speaking canton of Vaud, in Switzerland. The Olympic capital, it is a hilly city situated on the shores of Lake Geneva, about halfway between the Jura Mountains and the Alps, and facing the French town of Évian-les-Bains across the lake. Lausanne is located 51.7 kilometres northeast of Geneva, the nearest major city. The Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland convenes in Lausanne, although it is not the de jure capital of the nation. The municipality of Lausanne has a population of about 150,000, making it the fourth largest city in Switzerland after Basel, Geneva, and Zurich, with the entire agglomeration area having about 420,000 inhabitants. The metropolitan area of Lausanne-Geneva, commonly designated as Arc lémanique was over 1.3 million inhabitants in 2017 and is the fastest growing in Switzerland. Initially a Celtic and Roman settlement on the shores of the lake, Lausanne became a town at the foot of Notre Dame, a cathedral built in the 12th century. However, in the 20th century, Lausanne became a focus of international sport, hosting the International Olympic Committee, the Court of Arbitration for Sport and some 55 international sport associations. It lies in a noted wine-growing region. With its 28-station metro system, Lausanne is the smallest city in the world to have a rapid transit system. Lausanne hosted the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics.

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Cinéma Capitole

The Capitole is a cinema in Lausanne, Switzerland, built in 1928. It is the oldest cinema in Lausanne and, with 718 seats, the largest cinema in operation in Switzerland. Since 2024, it has been operated by the Swiss Film Archive.

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Lausanne Conservatory

The Haute école de musique de Lausanne is a Swiss music school located in Romandy, the French-speaking western part of Switzerland. It is a constituent institution of the University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland.

Music School

Bessières station

Bessières is a Lausanne Métro station on M2 line. It was opened on 27 October 2008 as part of the inaugural section of the line, from Croisettes to Ouchy–Olympique. The station is located between Ours and Riponne–Maurice Béjart.

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La galerie Saint-François est construite près de la place homonyme, au tout début du XXe siècle, en remplacement d'un ancien palais aristocratique. Elles fait partie d'une série de 7 bâtiments de même type, édifiés à Lausanne entre le début du siècle et la Première Guerre mondiale et dédiés uniquement au commerce. Une bonne partie de l'aménagement intérieur est dû à la Menuiserie modèle d'Albert Held à Montreux. Le bâtiment de la galerie Saint-François est construit entre 1907 et 1909 par Georges Épitaux avec l'aide de l'architecte allemand Joseph Austermayer. Dès son inauguration, il accueille, sur deux étages, différents commerces, bureaux et logements de luxe, ainsi qu'un restaurant. Le bâtiment est inscrit comme bien culturel suisse d'importance nationale.