Scenes by the Lausanne Lake

I could not see Lake Lausanne in day light. These snaps are taken in the evening, on the landing to the lake.

St-François Church: Snapped from Lausanne Cathedral

Another image of St-François Church, snapped from Lausanne Cathedral, with the city in the foreground.

St-François Church in Lausanne

This is the St-François Church in Lausanne taken from the Lausanne Cathedral at night. From a distance it looks very photogenic. The sharp turrets in gray, are set off against the dark back ground. The church was built way back in 1272, and had been sacked in 1476 as a result of reformation. It was abandoned by the Franciscans in 1536. The upheavals are now gone and today in the night sky it looks like a star.

Lausanne Cathedral at Night

Sitting on a high rise hillock, Lausanne Cathedral gives the feel of a shrine when one climbs up to it.

Lausanne Cathedral: Turrets

The pointed turret at the entrance of Cathédrale Notre-Dame juts elegantly into the night sky. Some restoration work is now going on in the cathedral.

Lausanne Cathedral at Night- the Watch Tower

The tall towers of Lausanne Cathedral helped the night watch at the top to keep an eye on fires in the city at night.

Lausanne Cathedral at Night

Lausanne Cathedral is a feast to the eye at night. Built way back in 1175, it has a very high tower which was guarded all through the night to warn people of fire in Lausanne which was fairly wooded then and fires were too frequent. In the wake of reformation, in 1536, the cathedral was robbed of all its treasures. The statue of gold of Virgin Mary was melted in to coins. The Cathedral however still retains its beauty.