Tourist Office Reports:
Parks
and Gardens Lausanne
is a city in Switzerland because of the Cathedral and the University.
This city features a lot of parks and Gardens. They have a lot of
vegetation. The parks are great for sight seeing and also for a great
exercise! The city rises over 600m high. There are several parks in
Lausanne and the most popular are: Sauvabelin, Cret de Montriond,
Jean-Jacques-Mercier Promenade, the Olympic Park and the Esplanade de
Montbenon. The
parks and the gardens have big views to the mountains or to the lake. In
Mediaeval times (Middle Ages) the tight dwellings of Lausanne’s city
left little room for vegetation. Except for the Madeleine Square and the
Cathedral terrace, vegetable gardens and vineyards were moved outside
the city walls. The parks and gardens were created in 1956 and they
continue to be responsible for keeping Lausanne’s awesome green
heritage.
Geneva
is a city in Switzerland. It’s the capital of the canton of Geneva. In
Geneva we use Swiss francs. The official language in Geneva is French.
German and English are other usual languages. There are 182,560 people
in Geneva. Geneva is 374m above sea level. The temperatures are
approximately 10° C in winter and 23° C in summer. Geneva
has Chinese, German, Japanese and other banks. There are also art and
history museums, international museum of the Red Cross, natural history
museum, Ariana museum, archeologic site of Saint-Pierre Cathedral,
conservatory and botanic gardens are all tourist attractions. One
of the two UN (United Nations) of the world is in Geneva. Geneva is
located near the Lake Leman. It has a famous fountain of water called
‘le Jet d’eau de Genève. Geneva
has its own flag:
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