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The Villa Diodati is a mansion in the village of Cologny near Lake Geneva in Switzerland, notable because Lord Byron rented it and stayed there with Dr. John Polidori in the summer of 1816. Mary Shelley, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and Mary’s stepsister Claire Clairmont, who had rented a house nearby, were frequent visitors.
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Further, some municipalities which would fulfill such a definition nevertheless prefer to understand themselves still as a village, or consequently refer to themselves just as municipalities (German: Gemeinde, French: commune, Italian: comune). The Swiss definition of a town differs from the definition of a municipality. [2]: 14–19
Geneva Chur: Graubünden Churwalden: Graubünden Clarmont: Vaud Clos du Doubs: Jura Coeuve: Jura Coinsins: Vaud Coldrerio: Ticino Collex-Bossy: Geneva Collina d'Oro: Ticino Collombey-Muraz: Valais Collonge-Bellerive: Geneva Collonges: Valais Cologny: Geneva Comano: Ticino Commugny: Vaud Concise: Vaud Confignon: Geneva Conters im Prättigau ...
Under the Old Swiss Confederacy, citizenship was granted by each town and village to only residents. These citizens enjoyed access to community property and in some cases additional protection under the law. Additionally, the urban towns and the rural villages had differing rights and laws.
Mies (French pronunciation:) is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. Mies is one of the communes of the Canton de Vaud which are collectively known as the "Terre-Sainte". Located approximately halfway between Geneva and Nyon, Mies sits on Lake Geneva (Lac Léman), which lies to the southeast. The highest ...
Fifty-six of the sites are located in Switzerland. [14] The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement* Vaud, Geneva: 2016 1321rev; i, ii, vi (cultural) This transnational site (shared with Argentina, Belgium, France, Germany, India, and Japan) encompasses 17 works of Franco-Swiss architect Le Corbusier.