Vintage car collection at Fondation Pierre Gianadda

The Foundation Pierre Gianadda was founded by Léonard Gianadda in memory of his younger brother Pierre, who was killed in an airplane crash in 1976.

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Apart from the adjoining sculpture park (posted here), the heart of the Foundation is a space for art exhibition and musical performances as well as a museum of automobiles which is located underground.

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According to the museum, all the cars in the collection are in working order.

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Here are some of the oldest cars in the museum. The steering wheel used to be a little metal ring in the middle. Benz 1897.

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Clement 1898

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Jeanperrin 1899, French.

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Oldsmobile from 1902

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Berliet 1900

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Relatively newer models. Limousine Landelet 1911

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Ford Model T from 1912.

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Pic-Pic (Piccard & Pictet) was a Swiss automobile manufactured in Geneva from 1906 to 1921. According to this Wikipedia entry in French, there are only 8 in existence and three are in this place.

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1929 Mercedes SS.

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Bugatti

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