Top 20. Best Tourist Attractions in Lausanne: Travel Switzerland
Top 20. Best Tourist Attractions and Beautiful Places in Lausanne: Travel Switzerland
Olympic Museum Lausanne, Collection de l'Art Brut, Cathedrale de Lausanne, Le Port d'Ouchy, Sauvabelin Tower, Rolex Learning Center EPFL, Musee de l'Elysee, Fondation de l'Hermitage, Esplanade de Montbenon, Vivarium Lausanne, Railway Museum Blonay-Chamby, Sauvabelin Forest, Church of St. Sulpice, Cantonal Museum of Fine Arts, Mudac, Opera de Lausanne, Museum of Zoology, Escaliers du Marche, Chateau Saint-Maire, Musee Historique de Lausanne
LAUSANNE | Places to Go in Lake Geneva Region - Switzerland & France Part 8
Winter 2016 edition:
The ENTP and INFJ travel around Lac Léman.
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8 LAUSANNE -
Palais de Rumine
Musée cantonal de zoologie [Cantonal Museum of Zoology]
Musée cantonal de géologie [Cantonal Museum of Geology]
Galerie de paléontologie [Paleontology Gallery]
Galerie de minéralogie [Mineralogy Gallery]
Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire de Lausanne [Cantonal and University Library of Lausanne]
Cathedrale de Lausanne [Lausanne Cathedral]
Crêperie la Chandeleur: crêpes and chocolat viennois (
Rue de la Louve
Final Episode: Last day in Geneva (with whatever that's left...)
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Playlist | Places to Go in Lake Geneva Region - Switzerland & France:
Geneva | Les Diablerets | Montreux | Vevey | Lausanne | Evian | Annecy | Nyon | Yvoire
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1 GENEVA -
Jardin Anglais [English Garden]
Plainpalais
Carouge
Reformation Wall at Parc des Bastions [Bastions Park]
Vieille Ville [Old Town]
Cathedrale Saint-Pierre [St Pierre Cathedral]
Maison Tavel [Tavel House]
Ancien Arsenal [Old Arsenal]
Bourg-de-Four
Molard Tower
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2 LES DIABLERETS -
UNESCO Lavaux Vineyard Terraces
Aigle–Sépey–Diablerets railway
Château d'Aigle [Aigle Castle]
Glacier 3000
Scex Rouge
Peak Walk by Tissot
Ice Express Chairlift
Schlitteln Fun Park [Tobogganing]
Restaurant Botta 3000
Bernese Alps, Swiss Alps
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3 MONTREUX & VEVEY -
Lakeside Promenade Fleuri
Statue de Freddie Mercury
Château de Chillon [Chillon Castle]
Dungeon, Courtyards, Chapel and Watch Tower
Lakeside at Vevey
Statue de Charlie Chaplin
La Fourchette [The Fork for Nestlé's Alimentarium museum]
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4 ÉVIAN-LES-BAINS via LAUSANNE -
Parc Olympique [Olympic Park]
Feu Olympique [Olympic Fire]
Le Musée Olympique [The Olympic Museum]
CGN (Compagnie générale de navigation sur le Lac Léman) [Lake Geneva General Navigation Company] from Lausanne-Ouchy Ferry Terminal
Église Notre-Dame de l'Assomption [Church of Our Lady of the Assumption]
Buvette et Source Cachat [Buvette and Source Cachat]
Evian's Cachat Spring
Hôtel de ville [Evian Town Hall]
Palais Lumière [Light Palace congress and exhibition center]
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5 ANNECY -
French countryside in Haute-Savoie
Lake d'Annecy [Lake Annecy]
Pont des Amours [Love Bridge]
Église Notre-Dame-de-Liesse d'Annecy [Church of Our Lady of Liesse of Annecy]
Comme Chez Soi (
Château d'Annecy [Annecy Castle]
L'Observatoire Régional des Lacs Alpins [The Alpine Lakes Regional Observatory]
Palais de l'Île [Palace of the Island]
Le Thiou [Thiou river]
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6 UNITED NATIONS GENEVA & CERN -
Palais des Nations
Broken Chair monument
Assembly Hall
United Nations Postal Administration
CERN - Globe of Science and Innovation
Universe of Particles
The first World Wide Web server
Microcosm
Large Hadron Collider (LHC) - particle accelerator
A Large Ion Collider Experiment (ALICE)
Cloud chamber
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7 YVOIRE & NYON -
Cure Catholique [Catholic Church]
CGN ferry
Église Saint-Pancrace [Saint Pancras Church]
Restaurant La Perche (
Ruins of Roman amphitheater and forum columns
Temple de Nyon [Temple of Nyon]
Château de Nyon [Nyon Castle]
Musée Historique et des Porcelaines [Historical and Porcelain Museum]
Statue of Gaius Julius Caesar
Musée Romain et Basilique [Roman Museum and Basilica]
Musée du Léman [Lake Geneva Museum]
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LAST DAY IN GENEVA | Places to Go in Lake Geneva Region - Switzerland & France Part 9
Winter 2016 edition:
The ENTP and INFJ travel around Lac Léman.
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9 LAST DAY IN GENEVA -
Transports publics genevois (TPG) [Geneva Public Transport - bus]
Brunswick Monument
Monument à l'impératrice Sisi [Monument to Empress Sisi]
Office de poste Mont-Blanc [Mont-Blanc Post Office (Swiss Post)]
Pont du Mont-Blanc [Mont Blanc Bridge]
Statue Jean-Jacques Rousseau at Île Rousseau [Rousseau Island]
Bains des Pâquis [Pâquis Outdoor Baths]
Manor Genève
Manora restaurant
Hôtel Pax
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Playlist | Places to Go in Lake Geneva Region - Switzerland & France:
Geneva | Les Diablerets | Montreux | Vevey | Lausanne | Evian | Annecy | Nyon | Yvoire
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1 GENEVA -
Jardin Anglais [English Garden]
Plainpalais
Carouge
Reformation Wall at Parc des Bastions [Bastions Park]
Vieille Ville [Old Town]
Cathedrale Saint-Pierre [St Pierre Cathedral]
Maison Tavel [Tavel House]
Ancien Arsenal [Old Arsenal]
Bourg-de-Four
Molard Tower
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2 LES DIABLERETS -
UNESCO Lavaux Vineyard Terraces
Aigle–Sépey–Diablerets railway
Château d'Aigle [Aigle Castle]
Glacier 3000
Scex Rouge
Peak Walk by Tissot
Ice Express Chairlift
Schlitteln Fun Park [Tobogganing]
Restaurant Botta 3000
Bernese Alps, Swiss Alps
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3 MONTREUX & VEVEY -
Lakeside Promenade Fleuri
Statue de Freddie Mercury
Château de Chillon [Chillon Castle]
Dungeon, Courtyards, Chapel and Watch Tower
Lakeside at Vevey
Statue de Charlie Chaplin
La Fourchette [The Fork for Nestlé's Alimentarium museum]
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4 ÉVIAN-LES-BAINS via LAUSANNE -
Parc Olympique [Olympic Park]
Feu Olympique [Olympic Fire]
Le Musée Olympique [The Olympic Museum]
CGN (Compagnie générale de navigation sur le Lac Léman) [Lake Geneva General Navigation Company] from Lausanne-Ouchy Ferry Terminal
Église Notre-Dame de l'Assomption [Church of Our Lady of the Assumption]
Buvette et Source Cachat [Buvette and Source Cachat]
Evian's Cachat Spring
Hôtel de ville [Evian Town Hall]
Palais Lumière [Light Palace congress and exhibition center]
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5 ANNECY -
French countryside in Haute-Savoie
Lake d'Annecy [Lake Annecy]
Pont des Amours [Love Bridge]
Église Notre-Dame-de-Liesse d'Annecy [Church of Our Lady of Liesse of Annecy]
Comme Chez Soi (
Château d'Annecy [Annecy Castle]
L'Observatoire Régional des Lacs Alpins [The Alpine Lakes Regional Observatory]
Palais de l'Île [Palace of the Island]
Le Thiou [Thiou river]
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6 UNITED NATIONS GENEVA & CERN -
Palais des Nations
Broken Chair monument
Assembly Hall
United Nations Postal Administration
CERN - Globe of Science and Innovation
Universe of Particles
The first World Wide Web server
Microcosm
Large Hadron Collider (LHC) - particle accelerator
A Large Ion Collider Experiment (ALICE)
Cloud chamber
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7 YVOIRE & NYON -
Cure Catholique [Catholic Church]
CGN ferry
Église Saint-Pancrace [Saint Pancras Church]
Restaurant La Perche (
Ruins of Roman amphitheater and forum columns
Temple de Nyon [Temple of Nyon]
Château de Nyon [Nyon Castle]
Musée Historique et des Porcelaines [Historical and Porcelain Museum]
Statue of Gaius Julius Caesar
Musée Romain et Basilique [Roman Museum and Basilica]
Musée du Léman [Lake Geneva Museum]
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8 LAUSANNE -
Palais de Rumine
Musée cantonal de zoologie [Cantonal Museum of Zoology]
Musée cantonal de géologie [Cantonal Museum of Geology]
Galerie de paléontologie [Paleontology Gallery]
Galerie de minéralogie [Mineralogy Gallery]
Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire de Lausanne [Cantonal and University Library of Lausanne]
Cathedrale de Lausanne [Lausanne Cathedral]
Crêperie la Chandeleur: crêpes and chocolat viennois (
Rue de la Louve
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Lausanne (Suisse) : Itinéraire de visite touristique par vue aérienne de la ville en 3D
aircitytour.com, l'itinéraire de vos visites touristiques et culturelles en vidéo en 3D (visite virtuelle). D'autres visites sont disponibles sur aircitytour.com
Visite virtuelle de la ville de Lausanne (Suisse), par vue aérienne en 3D, à partir du logiciel Google Earth.
Détail de la visite par lieux :
- Léman
- Parc de l'Indépendance
- Maison du Dessin de Presse
- Patinoire des Eaux Minérales
- Plage de Préverenges
- Le Laviau & Plage de St Sulpice
- Musée Bolo
- Rolex Learning Center
- Aquasplash
- Parc Louis-Bourget & Plage de Vidy
- Pyramides de Vidy
- Lousonna
- Musée romain de Lausanne-Vidy
- Vallée de la Jeunesse & Espace des inventions
- Musée de l'Elysée
- Parc Olympique & Musée Olympique
- Quai d'Ouchy
- Le Denantou
- Pavillon thaïlandai
- Tour Haldimand
- Parc de Milan
- Musée et jardins botaniques cantonaux de Lausanne
- Mosquée de Lausanne
- Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts
- Casino de Montbenon
- Esplanade de Montbenon
- Parc de Mon-Repos
- Musée Arts Décoratifs
- Opéra de Lausanne
- Fondation Toms Pauli
- Église réformée Saint-François
- Maison Mercier
- Place Chauderon
- Tour de l'Ale
- Basilique Notre-Dame du Valentin
- Terrasse Jean-Monnet
- Place de la Palud
- Escaliers du Marché
- Musée Historique Lausanne
- Mudac
- La Cathédrale de Lausanne
- Palais de Rumine, Musée de zoologie Lausanne, Musée cantonal de géologie de Lausanne & Musée Archéologie
- Château Saint-Maire
- Musée de la main
- Parc & Fondation de l'Hermitage
- Collection de l'Art Brut
- Parc de Valency
- Tour de Sauvabelin
- Lac et Zoo de Sauvabelin
- Aquatis Aquarium-Vivarium
- Château de Fallot
- ArchéoLab
- Musée d'art de Pully
- Tour de Gourze
Explainer: Do mythical creatures like Bigfoot ever turn out to be real?
Scientists at Oxford and Switzerland's Lausanne Museum of Zoology plan to use DNA evidence to determine once and for all whether Bigfoot is real. When's the last time a mythical creature was proven real?
Nine years ago. Hunters in Tanzania had spoken for years of a monkey they called the kipunji before biologists found the 3-foot-tall arboreal primate.
The kipunji is the most recent so-called cryptid to turn up in the wild.
Often creatures exist in lore as cryptids for years before a real life version is discovered. In the 19th century, men sent to the island penal colony of Komodo complained of a man-eating land crocodile. But the first scientific reports of the Komodo dragon didn't come until 1912.
It's also not always clear the stories and the real animals are the same. Sailor lore is full of tentacled sea giants like the Kraken. The ancient Greek naturalist Pliny the Elder wrote of an enormous squid with arms knotted like clubs. These references predate the first credible discovery of a giant squid carcass in Iceland in 1639 and the widespread acceptance of its existence in the 19th century. The same thing? We may never know.
It would be pretty surprising if a large humanoid like Bigfoot dodged detection in North America. But believers can take some encouragement: the world's most famous former cryptid is a nonhuman primate. An English sailor held captive in West Africa around 1600 claimed to have seen a monster that looked like a giant man, but without the same level of cognition. He was probably describing the gorilla, although the animal would remain a myth to Western scientists until the mid 19th century. So while you shouldn't believe in all the creatures from bedtime stories, a few may still be out there... tromping through the woods.
LAUSANNE in a smart guide video for Youtube.
A day trip guide for Lausanne. How you can to go and what you must do and see in Lausanne.
Europe2guide YouTube channel. We first travel and then we write our impressions and our smart and practical tips.
Top Sights of the Old Town
Place Riponne and Palais de Rumine
(Riponne-M. Béjart metro station)
The Palais include the Museums of
Archeology and History, of Geology, of Zoology)
The Pont Bessières, highest of the city's bridges,
with extreme view of the city and cathedral
(Bessières metro station).
Lausanne's Gothic cathedral, Notre Dame
(Riponne-M. Béjart or Bessières metro station)
Top Sights in the Lakeside
Lakeside quarter, Ouchy (1300m from train station,
Ouchy-Olympique metro station).
Walk across the dock and enjoy the lake and
the view of the opposite mountains.
Olympic Museum (just walking beside lakeside,
about 650m from the metro station).
Lausanne Tourism office, Place de la Navigation (a few
meters from terminal Ouchy-Olympique metro station).
Bigfoot Scientist deploy genetics in the search May 2012
Oxford University and Switzerland's Lausanne Museum of Zoology will examine organic remains of Bigfoot
Tourist Attraction Switzerland Zug
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Prof. Walter Salzburger, Universität Basel, Zoologisches Institut
'Evolution and the Human & Social Sciences: New Perspectives'
This series of talks presents introductions to new developments in evolutionary biology and their relevance to the study of human behaviour and history. The seminars took place at the Zoological Museum of the University of Zurich on Sept. 30th, Oct. 21st, Nov. 4th, and Dec. 2nd. 2013. They were hosted by Marcelo Sánchez and Naomi Beck, with the support of the Cogito Foundation (cogitofoundation.ch)
Robert Kryder July 30, 2015
Currently living in North Central New Mexico, Robert Kryder has spent most of his life in the Southwest regions of the country as an adventurer explorer specializing in research and recovery. Kryder and his team make up Kryder Exploration with a dedication to exposing hidden truths and life changing realities of the world. Roberts discoveries have included many encounters with Bigfoot resulting in a multitude of diverse forms of evidence and research samples. Robert has operated KX for over 30 years in one form or another. He and his team have witnessed Bigfoot and other anomalies throughout the duration, with a concentrated focus on the Bigfoot enigma for the past five years. He has worked with Oxford University and the Museum of Zoology, Lausanne Switzerland as a multi sample contributor (as yet un- tested) to the now infamous OLCHP project. This work continues by request of the University of New Mexico, Gallup. Through the Executive Director, Christopher Dyer. And will be working with Dr. Dyer to develop not only the university study format and curriculum, but workshops and public dissemination seminars and classes. This work will ramp up seriously in the near future with top notch cooperation. Roberts limitless curiosity leads to his unyielding measures of truth. He has a deep love of the natural world and all creatures. Kryder Exploration is a custom for hire research and recovery company. Featuring services: Surface Surveys/Mapping Code Breakdown Subsurface Imaging 100' Deep 3D Excavation Archaeology Recovery Tracking First Response/Investigation Research/Location/Recoveries Include: Lost Cities Ancient Technology Treasure Meteorites Dinosaur Fossils Gem and Mineral
Robert Kryder December 19, 2016
Currently living in North Central New Mexico, Robert Kryder has spent most of his life in the Southwest regions of the country as an adventurer explorer specializing in research and recovery. Kryder and his team make up Kryder Exploration with a dedication to exposing hidden truths and life changing realities of the world. Roberts discoveries have included many encounters with Bigfoot resulting in a multitude of diverse forms of evidence and research samples. Robert has operated KX for over 30 years in one form or another. He and his team have witnessed Bigfoot and other anomalies throughout the duration, with a concentrated focus on the Bigfoot enigma for the past five years. He has worked with Oxford University and the Museum of Zoology, Lausanne Switzerland as a multi sample contributor (as yet un- tested) to the now infamous OLCHP project. This work continues by request of the University of New Mexico, Gallup. Through the Executive Director, Christopher Dyer. And will be working with Dr. Dyer to develop not only the university study format and curriculum, but workshops and public dissemination seminars and classes. This work will ramp up seriously in the near future with top notch cooperation. Roberts limitless curiosity leads to his unyielding measures of truth. He has a deep love of the natural world and all creatures. Kryder Exploration is a custom for hire research and recovery company. Featuring services: Surface Surveys/Mapping Code Breakdown Subsurface Imaging 100' Deep 3D Excavation Archaeology Recovery Tracking First Response/Investigation Research/Location/Recoveries Include: Lost Cities Ancient Technology Treasure Meteorites Dinosaur Fossils Gem and Mineral
National Art Museum - Zurich - Zurich city history - Kalpesh Pagare
Video shows the Zurich city from outside and inside.
Tania Jenkins: EvoKE: Evolutionary Knowledge for Everyone COST Action workshop, Leysin 2018
Dr. Tania Jenkins is the Co-founder of EvoKE (Evolutionary Knowledge for Everyone), in Bern, Switzerland. She is a scientist-turned science communicator. Half-way into her second postdoc in ecology she discovered her passion for outreach. Since then, she has worked in museums and universities creating scientific exhibitions, workshops, science festivals, and immersive games. She believes in breaking barriers between scientists and the public, which leads her to host science “speed-dating” events where members of the public can speak to a range of researchers and explore a range of research topics. In her previous role at the Museum of Zoology in Lausanne she organised an event series where visitors would do research with a scientist in the exhibition. She co-founded EvoKE (Evolutionary Knowledge for Everyone) to promote higher scientific literacy in evolution, which she explained in this talk. Dr. Jenkins’ parallel session explained her project EvoKE: Evolutionary Knowledge for Everyone.
For more information on the COST Action Workshop on Synergies Between Education & Citizen Science, visit:
Filipa Ramos | The Playful Monkey and the Elephant in the Room | 22.04.2016
The Playful Monkey and the Elephant in the Room—Visiting Zoos in the Company of Gregory Bateson and Chris Marker
This presentation departs with an exploration of the common inception of various systems for the observation of animals which are situated within a close-enclosed condition, detaining itself in the analysis of certain aspects that traverse the cinematic and zoological apparatuses. Two parallel moments of human and nonhuman animal visual contact, which take place in the extremes of the second half of the 20th century: Gregory Bateson’s account of his experience looking at a group of spider monkeys at the San Francisco Zoo in 1952 and Chris Marker’s video Slon Tango (1993), shot at the Ljubljana Zoo are considered and commented in relation to their respective potential and biases.
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Filipa Ramos (b. Lisbon) is a writer and editor based in London. Currently she is Editor in Chief of art-agenda, commissioning and publishing experimental and rigorous writing on art. She is a lecturer in art and moving image at the Experimental Film MA Programme of Kingston University, and at the MRes Art:Moving Image of Central Saint Martins/University of the Arts, both in London. Ramos is co-curator of Vdrome, an ongoing programme of screenings of films by visual artists and filmmakers, which she co-founded in 2013. Previously she was Associate Editor of Manifesta Journal, curator of the Research Section of dOCUMENTA (13), and coordinator of “The Most Beautiful Kunsthalle in the World” research project at the Antonio Ratti Foundation, Como. Interested in the ways in which art—and in particular moving-image based work—provides a site of encounter for humans and nonhumans, she has written, lectured, and curated exhibitions and film programmes on the topic and is currently editing an anthology of art writing on animals, to be published this upcoming Autumn. She has been a guest curator at several public and private institutions and her writing has appeared in diverse journals and catalogues.
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A conference given in the framework of Theater, Garden, Bestiary: A Materialist History of Exhibitions, a HES-SO/University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Western Switzerland & ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne research project.
The Sixty-Fourth A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts: Restoration as Event and Idea: Art in Europ
Sixty-Fourth A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts: Restoration as Event and Idea: Art in Europe, 1814‒1820: Part 3 of 6 Cut Loose, 1815‒1817: Napoleon Returns, David Crosses Borders, and Géricault Wanders Outcast Rome
Lausanne | Wikipedia audio article
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00:01:36 1 History
00:03:48 1.1 Modern history and heritage
00:05:21 2 Geography
00:05:31 2.1 Topography
00:09:13 2.2 Climate
00:10:16 3 Politics
00:10:25 3.1 Coat of arms
00:10:40 3.2 Administrative divisions
00:11:34 3.3 Government
00:14:08 3.4 Parliament
00:16:04 3.5 Elections
00:16:13 3.5.1 National Council
00:16:55 4 Demographics
00:17:05 4.1 Population
00:26:53 4.2 Historic population
00:27:07 4.3 Religion
00:28:52 4.4 Crime
00:29:25 5 Transport
00:31:15 6 Economy
00:34:52 7 Education
00:39:17 7.1 Libraries
00:40:15 7.2 Tertiary education
00:41:37 7.3 Primary and secondary schools
00:42:03 8 Culture and arts
00:42:13 8.1 Heritage sites of national significance
00:44:53 8.2 Culture
00:46:20 8.3 Monuments
00:46:41 8.4 Museums
00:48:25 8.5 Art galleries
00:48:35 8.5.1 Main contemporary art galleries
00:48:55 8.5.2 Art centers or artist-run galleries
00:49:13 8.6 Music
00:49:36 9 Sports
00:52:45 10 Notable people
01:04:05 11 See also
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Lausanne (, also US: , French: [lozan], German: [loˈzan]; Arpitan: Losena [lɔˈzəna] (listen); Italian: Losanna; Romansh: Losanna) is the capital city and biggest town of the canton of Vaud in Romandy, Switzerland. A municipality, it is situated on the shores of Lake Geneva (French: Le/Lac Léman). It faces the French town of Évian-les-Bains, with the Jura Mountains to its north-west. Lausanne is located 62 kilometres (38.5 miles) northeast of Geneva.
The municipality Lausanne has a population of about 140,000, making it the fourth largest city in Switzerland, with the entire agglomeration area having 420,000 inhabitants (as of March 2015). The metropolitan area of Lausanne-Geneva (including Vevey-Montreux, Yverdon-les-Bains, and foreign parts) was over 1.2 million inhabitants in 2000.Lausanne is a focus of international sport, hosting the International Olympic Committee (which has recognized the city as the Olympic Capital since 1994), the Court of Arbitration for Sport and some 55 international sport associations. It lies in a noted wine-growing region. The city has a 28-station metro system, making it the smallest city in the world to have a rapid transit system. Lausanne will host the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics.
Athens
Athens (/ˈæθɨnz/; Modern Greek: Αθήνα, Athína, [aˈθina]; Ancient Greek: Ἀθῆναι, Athēnai) is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, with its recorded history spanning around 3,400 years. Classical Athens, as a landlocked location was a powerful city-state that emerged in conjunction with the seagoing development of the port of Piraeus. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy, home of Plato's Academy and Aristotle's Lyceum, it is widely referred to as the cradle of Western civilization and the birthplace of democracy, largely due to the impact of its cultural and political achievements during the 5th and 4th centuries BC on the rest of the then known European continent. Today a cosmopolitan metropolis, modern Athens is central to economic, financial, industrial, political and cultural life in Greece. In 2012, Athens was ranked the world's 39th richest city by purchasing power and the 77th most expensive in a UBS study.
The city of Athens has a population of 664,046 (796,442 in 2004) within its administrative limits and a land area of 39 km2 (15 sq mi). The urban area of Athens (Greater Athens and Greater Piraeus) extends beyond the administrative municipal city limits, with a population of 3,074,160 (in 2011), over an area of 412 km2 (159 sq mi). According to Eurostat, the Athens Larger Urban Zone (LUZ) is the 7th most populous LUZ in the European Union (the 5th most populous capital city of the EU), with a population of 4,013,368 (in 2004). Athens is also the southernmost capital on the European mainland.
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List of natural history museums | Wikipedia audio article
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00:00:34 1 Africa
00:00:42 1.1 Algeria
00:00:56 1.2 Angola
00:01:12 1.3 Botswana
00:01:24 1.4 Canary Islands
00:01:44 1.5 Egypt
00:02:00 1.6 Ethiopia
00:02:14 1.7 Kenya
00:02:28 1.8 Mozambique
00:02:41 1.9 Namibia
00:02:56 1.10 South Africa
00:03:58 1.11 Sudan
00:04:10 1.12 Tanzania
00:04:24 1.13 Tunisia
00:04:36 1.14 Uganda
00:05:04 1.15 Zimbabwe
00:05:17 2 Asia
00:05:26 2.1 China
00:06:38 2.2 India
00:07:26 2.3 Indonesia
00:07:39 2.4 Iran
00:08:23 2.5 Iraq
00:08:35 2.6 Israel
00:09:03 2.7 Japan
00:11:35 2.8 Jordan
00:11:46 2.9 Kyrgyzstan
00:11:59 2.10 Malaysia
00:12:14 2.11 Mongolia
00:12:32 2.12 Oman
00:12:44 2.13 Pakistan
00:12:56 2.14 Philippines
00:13:16 2.15 Qatar
00:13:28 2.16 Singapore
00:13:42 2.17 South Korea
00:14:04 2.18 Taiwan
00:14:34 2.19 Thailand
00:17:35 2.20 United Arab Emirates
00:17:48 2.21 Uzbekistan
00:18:00 2.22 Vietnam
00:18:16 3 Central America
00:18:25 3.1 Belize
00:18:38 3.2 Costa Rica
00:19:16 3.3 Dominican Republic
00:19:37 3.4 Grenada
00:19:48 3.5 Guatemala
00:20:19 3.6 Honduras
00:20:31 3.7 Nicaragua
00:21:26 3.8 Panama
00:22:24 4 Europe
00:22:33 4.1 Albania
00:22:45 4.2 Armenia
00:23:00 4.3 Austria
00:24:49 4.4 Azerbaijan
00:25:12 4.5 Belarus
00:25:29 4.6 Belgium
00:25:46 4.7 Bosnia and Herzegovina
00:26:00 4.8 Bulgaria
00:26:50 4.9 Croatia
00:27:50 4.10 Czech Republic
00:28:09 4.11 Denmark
00:28:35 4.12 Estonia
00:28:52 4.13 Finland
00:29:23 4.14 France
00:31:21 4.15 Georgia
00:31:44 4.16 Germany
00:35:08 4.17 Greece
00:35:45 4.18 Greenland
00:35:57 4.19 Hungary
00:37:14 4.20 Iceland
00:37:27 4.21 Ireland
00:37:52 4.22 Italy
00:40:51 4.23 Latvia
00:41:03 4.24 Liechtenstein
00:41:15 4.25 Lithuania
00:41:32 4.26 Luxembourg
00:41:45 4.27 Macedonia
00:41:58 4.28 Malta
00:42:11 4.29 Moldova
00:42:24 4.30 Monaco
00:42:36 4.31 Montenegro
00:42:50 4.32 The Netherlands
00:43:58 4.33 Norway
00:44:27 4.34 Poland
00:45:00 4.35 Portugal
00:46:21 4.36 Romania
00:49:15 4.37 Russia
00:50:21 4.38 Serbia
00:50:43 4.39 Slovenia
00:50:58 4.40 Slovakia
00:51:14 4.41 Spain
00:52:53 4.42 Sweden
00:53:55 4.43 Switzerland
00:54:57 4.44 Turkey
00:55:17 4.45 Ukraine
00:56:09 4.46 United Kingdom
00:56:18 4.46.1 England
00:57:49 4.46.2 Scotland
00:58:23 4.46.3 Wales
00:58:37 4.46.4 Northern Ireland
00:58:48 5 North America
00:58:57 5.1 Bermuda
00:59:10 5.2 Canada
00:59:18 5.2.1 Alberta
00:59:41 5.2.2 British Columbia
01:00:11 5.2.3 Manitoba
01:00:51 5.2.4 New Brunswick
01:01:02 5.2.5 Newfoundland
01:01:17 5.2.6 Nova Scotia
01:01:34 5.2.7 Ontario
01:02:04 5.2.8 Quebec
01:02:43 5.2.9 Saskatchewan
01:03:13 5.2.10 Yukon
01:03:30 5.3 Mexico
01:04:34 5.4 United States
01:04:43 6 Oceania
01:04:52 6.1 Australia
01:07:01 6.2 Indonesia
01:08:29 6.3 New Zealand
01:09:02 7 South America
01:09:11 7.1 Argentina
01:13:12 7.2 Bolivia
01:13:41 7.3 Brazil
01:15:04 7.4 Chile
01:15:29 7.5 Colombia
01:16:06 7.6 Ecuador
01:16:20 7.7 Guyana
01:16:32 7.8 Paraguay
01:16:45 7.9 Peru
01:17:04 7.10 Trinidad and Tobago
01:17:21 7.11 Uruguay
01:17:40 7.12 Venezuela
01:18:49 8 See also
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Louis Agassiz
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00:02:33 2 Work
00:07:10 3 Ice age
00:09:45 4 United States
00:14:17 5 Legacy
00:19:59 6 Polygenism
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00:24:56 8 See also
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Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz (; French: [aɡasi]; May 28, 1807 – December 14, 1873) was a Swiss-American biologist and geologist recognized as an innovative and prodigious scholar of Earth's natural history. Agassiz grew up in Switzerland, and he received Doctor of Philosophy and medical degrees at Erlangen and Munich, respectively. After studying with Cuvier and Humboldt in Paris, Agassiz was appointed professor of natural history at the University of Neuchâtel. After visiting Harvard University mid-career, he emigrated to the United States in 1847. He went on to become professor of zoology and geology at Harvard, to head its Lawrence Scientific School, and to found its Museum of Comparative Zoology.
Agassiz is known for his regimen of observational data gathering and analysis. He made vast institutional and scientific contributions to zoology, geology, and related areas, including writing multi-volume research books running to thousands of pages. He is particularly known for his contributions to ichthyological classification, including of extinct species, and to the study of geological history, including to the founding of glaciology. In the 20th and 21st centuries, Agassiz's resistance to Darwinian evolution, and the scientific racism implicit in his writings on human polygenism, have tarnished his reputation and led to controversies over his legacy.