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In the Footsteps of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej CITY TOUR IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF HIS MAJESTY KING BHUMIBOL ADULYADEJ Between Lausanne and the Thai royal family, there exists a story of brotherhood, exchanges and respect that we wish to honour with this walk. Visit the 10 places that marked King Bhumibol’s life in Lausanne for almost 20 years. And finish with a flourish at the Denantou Park to admire the traditional Thai pavilion that the King gave the town to express his attachment. May this walk enable our friends from Thailand and the whole world to discover the unusual aspects of our town and sustain the privileged relations between Lausanne and Bangkok, as well as the Thai and Swiss peoples. THE 10 PLACES 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. ANCIENNE ACADÉMIE RUMINE PALACE CLINIQUE CECIL CLINIQUE MONTCHOISI ECOLE NOUVELLE DE LA SUISSE ROMANDE IN CHAILLY (OLD ACADEMY) (PALAIS DE RUMINE) Heading back in the town centre by From Avenue Auguste-Tissot, walk or From the Place du Tunnel, a five-minute inaugurated a new building dedicated It’s in the Cité neighbourhood When King Bhumibol, then aged coach or using public transport, go to take a bus down to the Montchoisi walk from Rumine Palace, board the to King Bhumibol and his older brother that King Bhumibol perfected his 19, enrolled in Lausanne University, Lausanne train station. It’s from here area. It’s here, in the Clinique coach to go to the Lausanne-Chailly Ananda. There, a memorial plaque education. At the M2 metro exit, cross he attended classes not only at the that the young royal couple of Thailand Montchoisi, that was born on 5 April area, north of the town. In this formerly seals the royal presence on the Pont Bessières towards Lausanne Ancienne Académie, but also at left Switzerland in 1951 by train for 1951 Ubol Ratana, first daughter of green, village-like setting, King premises. Cathedral. Enveloped by the area’s Rumine Palace, that today houses Genoa, before embarking on an ocean King Bhumibol and Sirikit, daughter Bhumibol and his brother King Ananda student atmosphere, head straight for cantonal museums and a library. The liner for Thailand. From the Place de la of the ambassador of Thailand in Mahidol attended together the Chailly NOTE the Ancienne Académie that today sharp and alert mind of student King Gare, go up Avenue Ruchonnet on foot France. The couple got married in Ecole Nouvelle. This internationally It is to be noted that visits are only houses the Cité college, but where King Bhumibol radiated as much within or by bus towards Clinique Cecil. King 1950 after meeting in Paris, where the renowned institution welcomed King organised on special request to the Bhumibol attended university from the venerable walls of the Ancienne Bhumibol was hospitalised there in 1949 young monarch loved to travel to, Bhumibol and his brother Ananda Ecole Nouvelle de la Suisse Romande 1946 until 1951, the year he graduated Académie, built between 1579 and after a car accident during which his particularly to listen to the jazz music from 1933 to 1945. In April 2010, at the as it is not a museum, but one of the with a degree in law. Within the nearby 1587, as within this Florentine neo- brother-in-law Khun Aram Rattanakul that he so enjoyed. Ecole Nouvelle de la Suisse Romande, most selected schools in the region medieval walls of Château St-Maire, a Renaissance décor. was seriously injured. Princess Sirindhorn of Thailand with over 600 students. reception concluded a Swiss sojourn of the King of Thailand and his family in November 1960. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. MONTCHOISI ICE RINK HOTEL ROYAL SAVOY AVENUE TISSOT 16 BEAU-RIVAGE PALACE THE OUCHY QUAYS AND DENANTOU PARK Decidedly, the Montchoisi The history of the royal family of In the immediate vicinity of Lausanne From one grand hotel to another, walk From the Beau-Rivage Palace, do as who became His Majesty King Rama X, neighbourhood evokes with a fine Thailand is closely linked to Hotel station, walk to number 16 of Avenue down to the shores of Lake Geneva in King Bhumibol, who liked to stroll in also played in Denantou Park, close to intensity the life of King Bhumibol in Savoy. Inaugurated in 1909, this grand Auguste-Tissot for a pilgrimage on Ouchy, to the Beau-Rivage Palace. the evening along the Ouchy quays the lakeshores. Thus, it was very natural Lausanne. The Montchoisi ice rink, hotel decorated with monumental the site of the royal family’s first The prestigious hotel’s guestbook with his family, with Lake Geneva and that in this green setting the Lausanne which opened in 1934, witnessed the mosaic frescoes, with its imposing home in Lausanne. It is still possible reveals that the royal couple lodged the Alps as a setting. In 1960 King Thai pavilion was inaugurated in March Princess Mother and her children, Belle-Epoque façade, was particularly to enter the courtyard of the building there from 10 to 17 January 1961. Bhumibol’s children enjoyed the simple 2009. A gift to the town of Lausanne always accompanied by their private appreciated by the Princess Mother, that witnessed in 1933 the arrival of In 2001, it is also in this exceptional pleasure of pedal-boat outings on the in 2007, this precious edifice bears tutor, sample the joys of ice-skating, in who played tennis in the nearby tennis Princess Mahidol, mother of King establishment that Princess lake, such as with those still for rent witness to the royal family of Thailand’s a merry and popular atmosphere. club of Montchoisi. Today, the newly Bhumibol, then a young widow aged 29 Chulabhorn Mahidol, King Bhumibol’s today on the Place de la Navigation, gratitude to Lausanne, where it found a renovated establishment is called the accompanied by her three children. youngest daughter, stayed. in front of the Château d’Ouchy. The warm welcome in 1933 and until the end Royal Savoy Hotel & Spa. princesses and Prince Vajiralongkorn, of the last century. CROISETTES ECHANGEUR D’ECUBLENS VENNES SORTIE VENNES AQUATIS FOURMI RENENS GARE PARC ET TOUR DE SAUVABELIN SALLAZ LAUSANNE MAP - THE 10 PLACES PARC DE R VALENCY U 5 RUE DE RENENS E PALAIS DE BEAULIEU D E CENTRE SPORTIF L A A DE MALLEY VE B NU O E R DE D S E BE RG AVENUE DE MORGES IÈ R N A E V S O E N PARC DE N U G E L'HERMITAGE U D B ’E C H U D A L L E MALLEY E N U S R A CHUV VENUE A DE V MO E RG N ES U U E E A I V D L E E U N F R A U RUE DE GENÈVE A E E N B C V E E IN D E T E U EL N N “Lausanne, sister city of E N CHÂTEAU V U A T STMAIRE R U U MALLEY D E E U C R É Bangkok, is proud of its S AV A ENU R E D E P PARKING R RO O VEN CE PLACE DU U X privileged relations with PROVENCE PARKING CHÂTEAU PARKING RIPONNE SORTIE EPFL/UNIL RUE DE GENÈVE VALENTIN 1 ST SULPICE RIPONNE the Kingdom of Thailand.” PARKING MAURICE BÉJART CHAUDERON N 2 O N EPFL G UNILSORGE MONTELLY U Lysandre C. Seraïdaris, B A V EN CATHÉDRALE U U E PONT CHAUDERON D D E son of King Bhumibol’s private tutor P E RO VIGIE U SORTIE VE PLACE DE PONT BESSIÈRES NC R MALLEY CENTRE E PARKING LA PALUD E N FLON ESCALIERS I E DE TIVOLI L VENU RUE DU GRAND-PONT O A A FLON DU MARCHÉ CAR VEN AVENUE JULES GONIN RUE UE OURS DE BÉT RUE CENTRALE HUSY VALLÉE DE BESSIÈRES UNILEPFL CIMETIÈRE DU LA JEUNESSE PARKING ROLEX LEARNING CENTER BOISDEVAUX RÔTILLON PARKING SWISSTECH CONVENTION CENTER SAINT FRANÇOIS RUE ARTLAB 3 CASINO DE DE BOURG MONTBENON ESPLANADE DE LAUSANNE FLON WHERE TO BUY PARKING PISCINE DE ONTOIE MONTBENON E DE M MON REPOS ENU MON REPOS AV AVENUE LOUIS-RUCHONNET PARKING PLACE AVENUE DE MON REPOS MONTBENON SAINTFRANÇOIS PARC DE SOUVENIRS AVENUE DU THÉ MONREPOS NE HÊ C TIT PE PARKING PLAGE ÂTRE RUCHONNET U D DE VIDY GARE E AND PRACTICAL U COMITÉ R INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIQUE LAUSANNEGARE SORTIE INFORMATION MALADIÈRE PLACE DE LA GARE AVENUE DE LA GARE A VENUE DU MONT D’OR PARKING PARKING NT D’OR DU MO AVENUE GARE DE BELLEFONTAINE A VE LAUSANNE NU BOOK about King Bhumibol and the E BO BELMONT DE U A C LEV LAUSANNE GARE VEN OU A CAMPING UE MAISON DU SPORT R RD D AN D E R ENUE DE MIL E G royal family in Lausanne, by Lysandre C. DE VIDY H AV O INTERNATIONAL R D A A NC NI Y E Seraïdaris (in Thai, English and French). AVENUE DE LA HARPE GRANCY AVENUE JUSTE OLIVIER PARC DE Available at the Lausanne Tourism PLAGE MILAN Y H 8 ECHANGEUR C DE VIDY U Visitor Center, located at the metro ’O DE LA CROIX BOURGET D S E N U I station “Ouchy-Olympique” N A E B V S A E D A A V V E E E N U UE N LA CONVERSION N DE U R E H E A O V V DA E NI A D N CHOCOLATE “TOM YAM” with a E AV E U ENU M E E DE C O D OU DÉLICES N E R T C J H U particular touch of exotic tastes O I R S I I G O Z appreciated by Asian visitors.
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