Gandhi @ Villeneuve/English
14th Septembre 2019 - The Great Day Ram Nath Kovind unveils Mahatma Gandhi's bust and "Gandhi Square" at Villeneuve Switzerland.
Villeneuve is a SMALL TOWN with GREAT CELEBRITIES
DATES:
88 years (1931 -2019) 6th December.
150 years (1869-2019) 2nd October Birthday of Mahatma Gandhi.
One of Bapu's Words:
"To Believe in something and not to live it, is dishonest"
May his words form our lives now and ever.
Mahatma Gandhi arrived in Villeneuve de Chillon 6th December 1931 and was received by the famous french philosopher - writer Romain Rolland. Our indian guests where provided with goat milk (as told by our neighbourhood) because Ghandi only ate vegetarian food and drunk goat milk. A choir sang infront of the house where he stayed in Villeneuve, that's what the children of the singers told us. Today we can imagine him walking down the main street, called Grand-Rue with his faithfull disciple Miss Slade..... He stayed in the "Villa Lionnette", residence of Romain Rolland's sister until he left this beautiful town to go to Italy, Thursday 10th December 1931. The weather was grey and sad except for the last day: the sun raised and he could finally appreciate of the Lake of Geneva from Villeneuve and the mountains before he left our country.
Rabindranath Tagore, Indian Poete was also Romain Rolland's guest in 1926.
A charming little town worthwhile visiting for it's history (1214-2014), interesting main street (Grand-Rue) and beautiful natural surroundings.
Av. Byron, Villeneuve. Gandh'is Bench and Gandhi walking down the avenue with miss Slade.
Mahatma Gandhi
Villeneuve de Chillon
At Gandhi instance indian flag was changed, (symbols):
Safran for COURAGE AND SACRIFICE
White for TRUTH AND PEACE
Green for FAITH AND STRENGH
The spinning wheel for HOPE
Activities available in villeneuve & surroundings:
Lac Promenade & Place de l'Ouchettaz
Kids park
Natural Reserve "Grangettes" (untouched nature and rich flora in a protected area)
Boat croisières with departure to France and other destinations.
Visit of wine caves
Mini-golf
Camping
Cycling with many paths from Villeneuve to Bouveret (Port du Valais)
(Bouveret) Aquaparc
(Bouveret) Swiss Vapeur Parc
Wandering from Villeneuve to Vevey at the lac side (Hire a bike)
Visit of the famous Château de Chillon at only 5 minuts car or 30 minutes walk on the beautiful lac side.
Swimming pool with diving board beside the lac
Beach
Fun Planet - the city of fun.
Church St.Paul 12th Century with coat of arms of the House of Savoie
The "Grand-Rue" with it's middle class houses 17th to 19th century.
Townhall near the train station with a square tower rib windows (times of french Governance it was the hospital)
The poets path for wandering and discovering famous poets that stayed in this region "La balade des poètes".
Sonchaux (paragliding sports, activities and competition)
Alpage Pasture and Artisanal production of Letiva cheese, typical Swiss Mountain Pasture, cows, cheese, milk only 20 minutes car or 3 hours walk from the Lac side. You can taste, eat original food products in the Mountain and enjoy the mountains just as it ever was.
Horse-riding
Day 6th December 1931 Mahatma Ghandi arrived in Villeneuve for 6 days and therefore, we decided to open at the Grand-Rue n°90 our new Restaurant Take Away Saturday 5th December 2015.