Overview

  • Date

    01. stycznia - 31. grudnia 2026

    Czw 18:00 - 20:00
  • Contact

    Château de Nyon
    Place du Château
    1260 Nyon
    Phone  +41 (0)22 316 42 73
    chateaudenyon.ch

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Intro

A lively, offbeat history of Nyon

Directed by Pierrick Sorin, who also plays almost all the roles, this film has the modest ambition of summing up some of the key features of Nyon's history.

A succession of amusing sketches bring to life both well-known and anonymous characters, all of whom, in their own way, have shaped the town's history. Pierrick Sorin was born in Nantes in 1960. He grew up to become a video artist, set designer and stage director. In 2007, for the Château des Ducs de Bretagne in his home town, he made a film similar to the one we are presenting today.

This led us to ask Pierrick Sorin to create a similar piece, illustrating the history of our town over the centuries in an offbeat way, with its castle as a backdrop, and Lake Geneva as the protagonist in the foreground. Thus, on various boats, in an increasingly anarchic navigation, parade those who have made Nyon or are representative of it: among them, our ancestors the "Lacustres", supposedly fierce here, Julius Caesar, founder of the Colonia Julia Equestris, a worker from the Diamond match factory, and, as a neighbor, Madame de Staël, the Baroness of Coppet. There's also a valiant knight, a member of the Cossonay-Prangins dynasty, the first owners of Nyon castle, Gustave Falconnier, juggling his glass bricks, as well as Jean-Luc Godard and Auguste Piccard, who inspired Hergé's well-known Professor Tournesol. All this mixed with projections by Visions du Réel, teapots from the porcelain factory and a final fireworks display, as every year at Paléo.

Film produced with the support of :

Association des Amis des Musées de Nyon, Atelier Glatz & Delachaux, Fondation Equileo, Fondation Ernst Göhner, Fondation Goblet, Fondation Guignard, Fondation Philanthropique Famille Sandoz, La Mobilière, Région de Nyon, Service des affaires culturelles du Canton de Vaud, Vector Gestion.

The film will be on permanent display on the third floor of the Château.

Opening on Thursday, September 7, 2023, from 6 to 8 pm.

This film will be on permanent display on the third floor of the Château.

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Château de Nyon

Nyon
Contact address
Château de Nyon
Place du Château 5
1260 Nyon
+ 41 22 316 42 70
info@chateaudenyon.ch
Event Homepage https://www.chateaudenyon.ch
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Event dates

  • czwartek, 16 lipca 2026
  • czwartek, 23 lipca 2026
  • czwartek, 30 lipca 2026
  • czwartek, 6 sierpnia 2026
  • czwartek, 13 sierpnia 2026
  • czwartek, 20 sierpnia 2026
  • czwartek, 27 sierpnia 2026
  • czwartek, 3 września 2026
  • czwartek, 10 września 2026
  • czwartek, 17 września 2026
  • czwartek, 24 września 2026
  • czwartek, 1 października 2026
  • czwartek, 8 października 2026
  • czwartek, 15 października 2026
  • czwartek, 22 października 2026
  • czwartek, 29 października 2026
  • czwartek, 5 listopada 2026
  • czwartek, 12 listopada 2026
  • czwartek, 19 listopada 2026
  • czwartek, 26 listopada 2026
  • czwartek, 3 grudnia 2026
  • czwartek, 10 grudnia 2026
  • czwartek, 17 grudnia 2026
  • czwartek, 24 grudnia 2026
  • czwartek, 31 grudnia 2026

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Contact

Château de Nyon
Place du Château
1260  Nyon
Szwajcaria

Phone  +41 (0)22 316 42 73
Fax +41 (0)22 316 42 19
info@chateaudenyon.ch
chateaudenyon.ch

Date

01. stycznia - 31. grudnia 2026

Czw 18:00 - 20:00

Contact

Château de Nyon
Place du Château
1260 Nyon
Phone  +41 (0)22 316 42 73
chateaudenyon.ch

Check Availability