Palais de Beaulieu
| Former names | Théâtre de Beaulieu |
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| Location | Lausanne, Switzerland |
| Coordinates | 46°31′43″N 6°37′28″E / 46.5286°N 6.6244°ECoordinates: 46°31′43″N 6°37′28″E / 46.5286°N 6.6244°E |
| Capacity | 1,844 |
| Construction | |
| Built | 1921 |
| Opened | 1921 |
| Renovated | Various, up to 2016 |
| Tenants | |
| Prix de Lausanne Béjart Ballet Lausanne | |
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Palais de Beaulieu is the historical and emblematic building of the Lausanne Convention and Exhibition Center, located in Lausanne, in the Vaud Canton, Switzerland. The Palais is a Convention Center that welcomes mainly conventions and events.
The center includes the Théâtre de Beaulieu concert, dance and theatre hall which hosted the 1989 Eurovision Song Contest. With 1,844 seats, the Théâtre de Beaulieu is the biggest theatre in Switzerland. The Prix de Lausanne, an international ballet competition, is also hosted at the Palais de Beaulieu. , a regional TV-channel, has its studio and its offices at Beaulieu, as well as the Béjart Ballet Lausanne company.
Located in the Beaulieu area in Lausanne, the Convention and Exhibition Center lies in more than 6 hectares of ground. It boasts of 11,000 sq.m. of floor and 12,000 sq.m. of public gardens. The Convention Center uses around 20 modular rooms and halls. Beaulieu Lausanne, part of MCH Group, also hosts some of Switzerland's major fairs and exhibitions.
The first "Comptoir Vaudois d'échantillons" was inaugurated in Lausanne in 1916, thanks to the Société industrielle et commerciale de Lausanne, the Chambre vaudoise du commerce et de l'industrie, with support from the Lausanne Municipality. This kind of event was a novelty in Switzerland but was to be generalized afterwards. The first Comptoir suisse took place in September, 1920. Since then, only one edition never happened : the one of 1939, because of the war. Note that the first official event of the NASA in Europe took place during the 1962 Comptoir suisse.
The great hall - later to be known as Beaulieu's main building - was built in 1921. It is called the Palais de Beaulieu since 1957. During the Second World War, it hosted prisoners of war. Talks about creating a new theater began in 1949, and involved the Lausanne Municipality and the Société Coopérative du Comptoir Suisse. In 1954, the Théâtre de Beaulieu was inaugurated. Nowadays, the Theater is used, among others, by well-known local institutions such as the Béjart Ballet Lausanne, the Orchestre de la Suisse romande and the Paternelle.
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