Aigle lies at an elevation of about south-southeast of Montreux.

Martigny lies at an elevation of, about south-southeast of Montreux.

From 1923 on, Rilke increasingly had to struggle with health problems that necessitated many long stays at a sanatorium in Territet, near Montreux, on Lake Geneva.

The Convention on the Turkish Straits lasted only thirteen years and was replaced with the Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Turkish Straits in 1936.

In September of the same year, Amos released a live album and DVD, Live at Montreux 1991 / 1992, through Eagle Rock Entertainment, of two performances she gave at the Montreux Jazz Festival very early on in her career while promoting her debut solo album, Little Earthquakes.

He appeared at Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland, with vibraphonist Gary Burton in July 1986 and on 6 September 1987 gave a concert in New York ’ s Central Park, in the city where he spent his childhood.

Fitzgerald and Basie also collaborated on the 1972 album Jazz at Santa Monica Civic ' 72, and on the 1979 albums Digital III at Montreux, A Classy Pair and A Perfect Match.

The municipality was part of the Vevey District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Montreux became part of the new district of Riviera-Pays-d ' Enhaut.

Deep Purple's famous song " Smoke on the Water " tells of the events of 1971, when a Frank Zappa fan with a flare gun set the Montreux Casino on fire.

Montreux was also the subject of the 1995 Queen single " A Winter's Tale " on the album Made in Heaven, one of Freddie's last songs before his death on November 24, 1991.

When Sam decides to go back to America for his college reunion in New Haven, Fran spends the summer months on the lakes near Montreux and Stresa, where she has a romance with Arnold Israel.

She even toured with the Basie Orchestra in the mid-1970s, and Fitzgerald and Basie also met on the 1979 albums A Classy Pair, Digital III at Montreux, and A Perfect Match, the last two also recorded live at Montreux.

He was reelected on September 29, 2006, for a second mandate during the Summit of the Francophonie of Bucharest, and elected again in 2010 at the Summit of the Francophonie of Montreux for another mandate running until December 31, 2013.

At 1: 35 p. m. on Saturday, 10 September 1898, Elisabeth and Countess Irma Sztáray de Sztára et Nagymihály, her lady in waiting, left the hotel on the shore of Lake Geneva on foot to catch the steamship Genève for Montreux.

Poppies on Lake Geneva in Montreux

It is possible to hear the squeak of the pedal in several recordings, including " Since I've Been Loving You ", " The Ocean ", " The Rain Song ", " Over the Hills and Far Away ", " Dancing Days ", " The Crunge ", " Houses of the Holy ", " Ten Years Gone ", " Bonzo's Montreux " and the live version of " I Can't Quit You Baby " on Coda and " All My Love " on In Through The Out Door.

** 18xx-Eastern shore of Lake Geneva ( Vevey, Montreux ), Chablais ( Aigle, Monthey, St. Maurice VD / VS )

The Château de Chillon ( Chillon Castle ) is located on the shore of Lake Geneva in the commune of Veytaux, at the eastern end of the lake, 3 km from Montreux, Switzerland.

Statue of Freddie Mercury overlooking Lake Geneva in Montreux, Switzerland.

On 25 November 1996, a statue of Mercury was unveiled in Montreux overlooking Lake Geneva, almost five years to the day since his death.

Lake Geneva from Montreux

Montreux and Lake Geneva

Due to Montreux's location in the Alps, and as Lake Geneva is a mountain lake, Montreux has an alpine climate.

File: LakeGenevaMontreux. jpg | Southwest view over the Lake Geneva from Montreux.

File: Joseph Mallord William Turner 013. jpg | Lake Geneva as seen from Montreux, Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1810

* Freddie Mercury ( 1946 – 1991 ), singer of Queen ( ashes reputedly scattered on the shores of Lake Geneva, near Montreux, Switzerland where a statue commemorates him )

The Montreux Jazz Festival is a music festival in Switzerland, held annually in early July in Montreux on the Lake Geneva shoreline.

Located in the Bernese Alps, Leysin is a sunny alpine resort village at the eastern end of Lake Geneva in proximity to Montreux, Lausanne and Geneva.

It is one of the eastern suburbs of the city of Lausanne, located on the shores of Lake Geneva ( Lac Léman ) and at the foot of the vineyards of Lavaux on the road to Vevey and Montreux.

It has frequent trains to Blonay, Lausanne, Geneva, Montreux and Villeneuve, among others.

This part consists of Van's lecture on " The Texture of Time ", apparently transcribed from his reading it into a tape recorder as he drives across Europe from the Adriatic to meet Ada in Montreux, Switzerland, while she is on her way from America via Geneva.

While the Empress and her Lady in Waiting were boarding a steamship to Montreux on September 10, 1898 in Geneva, Lucheni ran over to the former and slammed his body against hers, penetrating her chest with a sharp needle file ( which is now part of the Vienna Sisi Museum's exhibition ).

The subject of immortality brings to mind a vivid incident which took place in 1929 at Montreux in Switzerland.

Their CCTV live show was featured at major festivals including Glastonbury, Roskilde, Sónar, the Montreux Jazz Festival, and John Peel's Meltdown.

The band at the Montreux Pop Festival, May 1988.

From 1960 to 1964, he had a television series, It's a Square World, which won a BAFTA award in 1962 and Grand Prix de la Presse at Montreux in 1963.

In the summer of 1970, House toured Europe once again, including an appearance at the Montreux Jazz Festival ; a recording of his London concerts was released by Liberty Records.

Both stages of recording, before and after Mercury's death, were completed at the band's studio in Montreux, Switzerland.

Jordan has performed at many jazz festivals, including: Kool Jazz Festival ( 1984 ), Concord Jazz Festival ( 1985 ), and the Montreux International Jazz Festival ( 1985 ).

As an international artist, Akiko has toured Europe extensively, performing at The Montreux Jazz Festival, Café de la Danse, and Cite de la Musique in Paris.

On July 6, 2008, she played at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux, Switzerland.

The Marty series proved popular enough with an international audience ( the first series won the Golden Rose Award at Montreux ) to launch a film career.

It is held at the Montreux Music & Convention Centre, built in 1973 and has become a global phenomenon.

File: Freddie Mercury Statue-Montreux thumb. JPG | Freddie Mercury statue at sunset in Montreux.

On July 18, 2009, Prince performed two shows at the Montreux Jazz Festival, being backed by The New Power Generation including Rhonda Smith, Renato Neto and John Blackwell.