Palais de Beaulieu

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Palais de Beaulieu
Former names Théâtre de Beaulieu
Location Lausanne, Switzerland
Capacity 1,850
Construction
Built 1921
Opened 1954
Tenants
Prix de Lausanne
Website
www.beaulieu.org
The historical building of the Palais de Beaulieu. It is, with Lausanne railway station, one of the two buildings displaying the sign "Lausanne capitale olympique" ("Lausanne Olympic Capital").

Palais de Beaulieu is a convention centre located in Lausanne, Switzerland.

The centre includes the Théâtre de Beaulieu concert, dance and theatre hall and hosted the 1989 Eurovision Song Contest. With 1,850 seats, the Théâtre de Beaulieu is the biggest theatre in Switzerland.[1] The Prix de Lausanne, an international ballet competition, is hosted at the centre.

History[edit]

The great hall was built in 1921.[2] During the Second World War, it hosted prisoners of war.[3] In 1954, the Théâtre de Beaulieu was inaugurated and, in 1957, the name Palais de Beaulieu became official.[2]

In 2014, a vote of the population of Lausanne rejected by 52 % the project of building a tower of 90 metres next to the Palais de Beaulieu.[4] In 2015, following the opening of the Swiss Tech Convention Center on the Lausanne campus, the owners and managers of Beaulieu decided to reduce the conference activities (except general assemblies) and to concentrate on trade fairs (such as the Comptoir suisse).[1]

The Court of Arbitration for Sport of the International Olympic Committee is planning to move to from the Château de Béthusy (already in Lausanne) the south part of the Palais de Beaulieu.[5]

Events[edit]

Annual events[edit]

Past events[edit]

Notes and references[edit]

  1. ^ a b (French) Mathieu Signorell, "Beaulieu lâche les congrès pour les infirmiers après l'échec de Taoua", 24 heures, Saturday 14 February 2015.
  2. ^ a b (French) Historique, MCH Group (page visited on 19 May 2016).
  3. ^ (French) Olivier Grivat, "105’000 internés militaires, 10’000 Soviétiques: les oublis de Bergier", lesobservateurs.ch, 24 March 2012 (page visited on 18 May 2016).
  4. ^ (French) "Les Lausannois refusent le projet de tour Taoua à Beaulieu", Radio télévision suisse, 13 April 2014 (page visited on 18 May 2016).
  5. ^ (French) Aïna Skjellaug, "Privé de sa tour Taoua, Beaulieu présente son plan B", Le Temps, Wednesday 18 May 2016 (page visited on 18 May 2016).

External links[edit]

Preceded by
RDS Simmonscourt
Dublin
Eurovision Song Contest
Venue

1989
Succeeded by
Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall
Zagreb

Coordinates: 46°31′43″N 6°37′28″E / 46.5286°N 6.6244°E / 46.5286; 6.6244