Journees Patrimoines Sept 8-9 2012

  • DSCN5380 Tribunal Federal de Lausanne resembles the US Federal Supreme Court
  • DSCN5382 it was only 8:30 AM but people were cueing up for the first tour
  • DSCN5383 arrows
  • DSCN5385 and spears below on the doors. What are they trying to tell us?
  • DSCN5387 the architect wanted everything to go together
  • DSCN5390 natural light coming in
  • DSCN5392 to the great entrance hall
  • DSCN5394 doors to the court room
  • DSCN5395 Frank Lloyd Wright must have been here
  • DSCN5396 hallway around the staircase
  • DSCN5398 light fixtures were outstanding throughout
  • DSCN5401 natural light coming into the library
  • DSCN5402 time is important, even in the library
  • DSCN5404 light in the conference room
  • DSCN5406 conference room tables and floors impressed
  • DSCN5408 staircase light
  • DSCN5411 inside the main court room
  • DSCN5412 ceiling and light art
  • DSCN5414 natural lighting coming in
  • DSCN5415 sconce lighting
  • DSCN5416 light art
  • DSCN5418 Devil and Angel portraits in the main court room
  • DSCN5419 lighting was a major feature - this is a starship shape!
  • DSCN5423 Aztec ceilings were in many rooms
  • DSCN5425 the Blue Room
  • DSCN5426 This is recessed, has just been restored
  • DSCN5427 Blue room light and ceiling
  • DSCN5428 light art
  • DSCN5429 more
  • DSCN5430 imagine going through these doors to have your fate decided?
  • DSCN5432 main staircase up from front door
  • DSCN5434 silhouette of the photographer
  • DSCN5435 reminds us of something in Paris
  • DSCN5436 gardens in front of Maison de Mon Repos
  • DSCN5437 Jardin de Mon Repos
  • DSCN5439 Maison de Mon Repos
  • DSCN5440 this was the first headquarters and later the first museum of the "new" Olympics, organized by Pierre De Coubertin
  • DSCN5442 the staircase with Venetian stucco walls!
  • DSCN5443 look into the Crystal ball
  • DSCN5445 2000 year old mosaic moved into the house entrance hallway
  • DSCN5446 up the spiral staircase from arrival level to the attic
  • DSCN5447 it's a special feature of this building
  • DSCN5449 there was almost no use of stucco for 3D. All is painted on to look 3D ("trompe l'oeil")
  • DSCN5450 the dining room and window looking North on the gardent and court
  • DSCN5454 more lights
  • DSCN5455 the chandelier and the painted ceiling
  • DSCN5456 more flat painted ceiling
  • DSCN5459 the office
  • DSCN5460 fantastic in-laid floor
  • DSCN5461 another reception room
  • DSCN5462 the parquet in this place was beautiful
  • DSCN5463 time is important, even when no one comes here any more
  • DSCN5464 upper levels of the staircase features painted on vases in nooks
  • DSCN5465 looking down the staircase
  • DSCN5466 Cathedral de Lausanne from Bessiere
  • DSCN5467 Lausanne is calling Vivi, we can't wait to shop for our grandchildren in this store!
  • DSCN5468 no pressure
  • DSCN5469 isn't this a great doll house?
  • DSCN5471 staff office in the Chateau, the seat of the cantonal government (equivalet to a state in US)
  • DSCN5472 interior Chateau doors
  • DSCN5475 stained glass in the Bishop's room
  • DSCN5476 another staircase around an atrium
  • DSCN5477 council meeting room for canton of Vaud
  • DSCN5478 the seals of villages, towns and cities of Vaud adorn the ceiling
  • DSCN5479 stained glass windows
  • DSCN5482 more seals
  • DSCN5483 the seal of Planche is in lower right hand corner
  • DSCN5484 ceiling in the Bishop's room
  • DSCN5485 detail
  • DSCN5486 stained glass
  • DSCN5487 stained glass with the seal of the canton of Bern
  • DSCN5488 chairs in the Bishop's hall
  • DSCN5490 then we went down the Escalier de Palud
  • DSCN5491 from the front of the Cathedral
  • DSCN5492 and over to Place de la Riponne and Palais de Rumine
  • DSCN5493 cheese stall on market day on Place de la Riponne
  • DSCN5494 Place de la Riponne
  • DSCN5496 Place de la Riponne
  • DSCN5497 doors on entrance of Palais de Rumine
  • DSCN5498 another staircase around an atrium
  • DSCN5499 with light entering at very level
  • DSCN5500 unwinding the stair case
  • DSCN5501 formal entrances up staircase
  • DSCN5502 sky light
  • DSCN5503 the central atrium in the Palais
  • DSCN5504 the Palais (once the seat of the University of Lausanne) is largely museums
  • DSCN5505 as we proceeded we felt like we were visting a museum of a museum
  • DSCN5506 showcases in zoological area of the Rumine museum of a museum
  • DSCN5507 life size Shark
  • DSCN5508 at least the antique cases had modern lighting
  • DSCN5509 doors of the Palais de Rumine
  • DSCN5510 silhouette
  • DSCN5511 Coming over from Puidoux to the Lavaux area we see the nxt destination
  • DSCN5512 La Tour de Marsens is privately owned. It was probaby built in 1150 for military purposes, then in 1527 renovated and made into a more functional building
  • DSCN5513 the vineyards around the tower are ripening their fruit
  • DSCN5515 grapes
  • DSCN5516 grapes in Lavaux
  • DSCN5518 chasselas
  • DSCN5519 Chasselas
  • DSCN5520 the owners prohibit photography within the tower which now houses a collection of furniture from the past 300-400 years (some even older)
  • DSCN5521 the "annex" to the tower in which there are such modern conveniences as running water
  • DSCN5522 reflections of the light on the lake in shinny shutters
  • DSCN5523 Rivaz seal over the vineyards of Lavaux
  • DSCN5524 we ended in Rivaz where we took our train back to Montreux