Montreux, general view, Geneva Lake, Switzerland
Art 1890 1900 with a large collection in the area of european landscape Montreux City view Geneva Lake Switzerland Montreux is a municipality in the district of Vevey in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland It is located on Lake Geneva Montreux lies on the north east shore of Lake Geneva at the fork in the Roman road from Italy over the Simplon Pass where the roads to the Roman capital of Aventicum and the road into Gaul through Besançon separated This made it an important settlement already in Roman times In the 12th century viticulture was introduced to the region and the sunny slopes of the lake from Lavaux to Montreux became an important wine growing region The region was subject to various princes most notably the princes of Savoy from the south side of the lake They unified the territory which comprises the present canton of Vaud and were generally popular sovereigns After the Burgundian Wars in the 15th century the Swiss in Berne occupied the region without resistance an indication of the weakness of the princes of Savoy The Reformation made the region around Montreux and Vevey an attractive haven for Huguenots from Italy who brought their artisanal skills and set up workshops and businesses In 1798 Napoleon liberated the region from the Bernese In the 19th century the tourist industry became a major commercial outlet with the grand hotels of Montreux attracting the rich and cultured from Europe and America
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Photo credit: © Photo Art Collection (PAC) / Alamy / Afripics
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