Palais de Rumine

The Palais de Rumine (French pronunciation: [palɛ d(ə) ʁymin]) 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 Palais was inaugurated on 3 November 1902, although building work continued until 1904.

On 24 July 1923, the Treaty of Lausanne was signed in Palais de Rumine.

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 three sites of the Cantonal and University Library of Lausanne. Additionally, it contains the following museums:

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Palais de Rumine ranks #2,192 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #19 of the 200 mapped in Switzerland. Founded c. 1850, it is older than 8% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 562 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,847 times in the last 60 days, more than 64% of the atlas. 17 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Lausanne, 1 km away. See how Switzerland compares in the castle statistics.

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