Coppet is a village in the Nyon district in Canton Vaud in Switzerland, on the Lake of Geneva. It is celebrated as the abode of Madame de Stael, her burial-place and that of Necker, her father. The Canton of Vaud is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland located in the southwestern part of the country. ... The Jet dEau fountain in Lake Geneva in Geneva Lake Geneva (French: Lac Léman, Le Léman or Lac de Genève, (German: Genfersee) is the second largest freshwater lake in central Europe (after Lake Balaton), divided between France (Haute-Savoie) and Switzerland (cantons of Vaud, Geneva, and Valais). ... Madame de Staël Anne Louise Germaine de Staël (April 22, 1766-July 14, 1817) was a French author who determined literary tastes of Europe at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries. ... Jacques Necker Jacques Necker (September 30, 1732 - April 9, 1804) was a French statesman and finance minister of Louis XVI. Early life Necker was born in Geneva, Switzerland. ...
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Stendhal (1783-1842) later called Coppet "the Estates General of European thought." [2] Even today, the visitor to Geneva senses that the city is the magnetic center of intellectual Europe.
Madame de Stael inherited Coppet from her father, the Genevan banker Jacques Necker (1732-1804), on his death and often spent the summer there before Napoleon forced her into exile, first at Coppet, and then, beginning in 1812, on a journey that took her across Austria, Russia, Finland, and Sweden before arriving in England.
In summer, masses of lavender grow against the stable block, and a vigorous growth of Virginia creeper, wisteria, honeysuckle, and jasmine cling to the walls.
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