Independence Day (Swiss Stories 2023, by Valdemar Verissimo) - Swiss Press Award
Valdemar Verissimo
Le 24 janvier de chaque année à onze heures précises, le canon tonne au-dessus de Lausanne.
Lausanne Cités
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2023
Valdemar Verissimo
On January 24th of each year at eleven o'clock sharp, the cannon thunders over Lausanne. This commemorates the end of the Bernese occupation and the accession of the Pays de Vaud to independence in 1798. On this occasion, some 23 shots are fired.
