Sphinxs outside Palais de Rumine - Lausanne, Switzerland
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N 46° 31.411 E 006° 38.004
32T E 318487 N 5154937
Two Sphinxs on the top of a column, outside Palais de Rumine in Lausanne
Waymark Code: WMB255
Location: Vaud, Switzerland
Date Posted: 03/25/2011
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«The Palais de Rumine is a late 19th-century building in Florentine Renaissance style in Lausanne, Switzerland.
On his death, Gabriel de Rumine, son of Russian nobility, left the city of Lausanne 1.5 million Swiss Francs to erect a building for the use of the public.
Building began in 1892 according to the design of the Lyonnais architect Gaspard André. The building was inaugurated on the 3 November 1902, although building work continued until 1904.
It housed facilities such as the library of the University of Lausanne, and scientific and artistic collections belonging to the Canton of Vaud. In the 1980s, the university moved to its current location by Lake Geneva due to lack of space, and the Palais was restructured.
The building currently hosts one of the four sites of the Cantonal and University Library of Lausanne. Additionally, it contains the following museums:
* Cantonal museum of fine art
* Museum of Archeology and history
* Numismatic museum
* Geological museum
* Zoological museum»
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