Institute Monte Rosa , commonly referred to as Monte Rosa or Monte , is a private, international boarding school, in Montreux , Switzerland, founded in 1874.
7-532: The International School Monte Rosa was founded in 1874 by the Essarts family under the name of ‘Institut des Essarts’. At the time, the school was made for girls only, mainly coming from the Netherlands. The school adopted its current name in the 1960s, and Monte Rosa became co-educational in the early 1960s. The Gademann family has been running and leading the international school ever since then. The academic program of
14-526: A draft agreement, intended to mend the dynastic feud; named Pact of Territet , it has never been implemented. Territet is home to three museums, the Swiss national audiovisual museum (French: musée national suisse de l'audiovisuel ), the new Ruzo museum and the carriage museum (French: musée de la calèche ). There are several important monuments, among which the French: Hôtel des Alpes-Grand Hôtel which
21-774: The Hôtel des Alpes-Grand Hôtel . The current Montreux city centre consisting of rich farmland was developed only later, which is why the Orient Express train would stop in the Territet station and not in Montreux. Foreign tourists started to stay in Territet from 1848 onwards and their numbers picked up from 1861 when the train station was opened. A number of VIPs visited Territet in the following years, among whom emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria in 1893 and his wife Empress Elisabeth of Austria (Empress Sissi) who came on her own four times. In 1879
28-420: The lake Geneva shore. Territet unites several formerly separate hamlets. While the lower part (below the main road) was always called Territet, there were two other localities on the higher ground called Collonge and la Veraye. While the very first hotel of the region was opened in neighbouring Veytaux in 1829, other hotels were soon built in Territet, like the "Chasseur des Alpes" in 1840 which became in 1855
35-547: The Anglo-American section is strongly college-preparatory. Students planning to attend American universities are prepared for College Board examinations and receive the high school diploma on successful completion of 12th grade. Specially designed courses are available for entry to business or other colleges. The school is housed in a nineteenth-century mansion in Territet - Montreux on the shores of Lake Geneva . As of 2014/15,
42-497: The annual boarding and academic fees are CHF 61,000 (approximately US$ 65,000), without extra-fees such as sports, laundry etc. Territet Territet ( Montreux ) is a locality which is part of the Montreux commune , in the Vaud canton , Switzerland. Territet is located between the city center of Montreux and the village of Veytaux , within the municipality of Montreux , on
49-569: The first phone to be installed in Switzerland was installed in à Territet. Territet also had the first tennis court in Switzerland. It was created in 1894, exclusively for the use of the English tourists (Swiss or other nationalities weren't allowed to access this tennis court!). The Territet–Glion funicular railway , one of the oldest in Switzerland, was opened in 1883. In 1931 representatives of two branches of exiled Spanish Borbons signed in Territet
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