Lausanne, Bessières bridge live webcam
Inaugurated in 1910, the Bessières Bridge takes its name from the Lausanne banker and jeweler Charles Bessières, who offered 500,000 francs for its construction.
The idea of building a bridge from the Carolina to the Industrial School was not new, since in 1829 already projects were presented. But these plans were shelved. Then in 1901, Mr. Charles Bessières, banker in Lausanne and bourgeois of this city, bequeathed the sum of CHF 500,000.–, with a clearly defined destination and on the express condition that the Cité-École Industrielle bridge be built before his brother. upstream, the School of Medicine-Cathedral bridge.
