Celebrities
Many celebrities have stayed in Montreux Riviera. Whether due to political or religious reasons, banned or simply curious, they have all fell in love with the region.
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Freddie Mercury and Queen in Montreux
Freddie Mercury, the singer of the rock band Queen, settled in Montreux because of its serenity. He acquired a recording studio, where he made his last album with Queen: "Made in Heaven"....
Montreux Igor Stravinsky in Clarens / Montreux
The Russian composer Igor Stravinsky came to the Lake Geneva Region for health reasons. He composed several major works here. The Congress Centre Auditorium bears his name....
Montreux Jean-Jacques Rousseau draws inspiration from Montreux
Geneva-born writer Jean-Jacques Rousseau knew the Lake Geneva Region well. A passage of his novel “Julie or the New Heloise” is set in the Montreux region, thus contributing to its romantic reputation....
Montreux Lord Byron
An enthusiastic traveller, Byron met his friends the Shelleys in Geneva in 1816. It was one evening, while entertaining themselves by making up ghost stories, that Mary Shelley was to invent her character of Frankenstein. Byron an...
Montreux Sissi in Montreux
Elizabeth of Austria, the empress who was popularised by the a film series under the nickname Sissi, fled from the cumbersomeness of the Austrian court by travelling. Between 1893 and 1898 she stayed several times in the Lake Gene...
Vevey Charlie Chaplin in Corsier / Vevey
Screenwriter and film producer Charlie Chaplin – the Tramp in "Modern Times" - settled in Manoir de Ban in Vevey. His statue on the lakeside promenade recalls his 25-year stay in the region....
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