What is Clarens, Switzerland?
[[File:ETH-BIB-Clarens-LBS H1-024565.tif|thumb|right|230px|Aerial view of Clarens in 1964]] '''Clarens''' is a [[village]] in the [[Cantons of Switzerland|canton]] of [[Vaud]] in [[Switzerland]]. It is part of the municipality of [[Montreux]]. It was made famous throughout [[Europe]] by the immense success of the book [[La Nouvelle Héloïse]] by [[Jean-Jacques Rousseau]]. Whilst in Clarens, the Russian composer [[Igor Stravinsky]] wrote his ballets ''[[The Rite of Spring]]'' and ''[[Pulcinella (ballet)|Pulcinella]]'' and in March 1878, [[Tchaikovsky]] wrote his ''[[Violin Concerto (Tchaikovsky)|Violin Concerto]]''. [[Paul Kruger]], hero of [[South African]] independence from [[United Kingdom|Britain]], died here. For this reason, a [[Clarens, Free State|village in South Africa]] was given the same name. The [[anarchist]] and [[geographer]] [[Élisée Reclus]] resided in Clarens. Writer [[Vladimir Nabokov]] is buried there. The 19th century writer, diplomat and MP [[David Urquhart|David Urquhart of Braelangwell]], who introduced the Turkish bath to Britain, is buried here. {{Commonscat}} {{coord|46.442|N|6.894|E|display=title|region:CH-VD_type:city_source:GNS-simplewiki}} {{Switzerland-stub}} [[Category:Villages in Vaud]]