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Sights and Attractions in Geneva

editor — Sun, 26 Jun 2016 03:31:00 +0000

SIGHTS Geneva is modestly spectacular. It is not a city of rich, legendary architecture or work of art, but rather a small domain filled with contrasts, quaint idiosyncrasies and international flavor. Culinary pleasures abound in Calvin’s city. You will find more than 1000 dining establishments right in the town supplemented by a vast array of delightful bistros in the surrounding countryside. Dining here is a social event: long, leisurely and luxurious. Evening indulgences need not end at dinner. Le Grand Theatre is a manifastation of its name, and opera is the heart of Geneva’s cultural activity. Escapades continue well into

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Travel to Geneva

editor — Sat, 25 Jun 2016 16:56:00 +0000

HISTORY The History of Geneva can be regarded as a lesson for humanity. To lacustrine Geneva, built on piles, succeeded, that small fortified town, already mentioned by Caesar and which probably only covered the top of the hill where the Cathedral of St. Pierre now stands. Very early on, Geneva was ‘ennobled’ through its merchants and traders, as a busy crossroad for the numerous trade routes in Roman times. Involved in the turmoil which resulted from the migration of the Germanic peoples and the collapse of the Roman Empire, Geneva was lucky to become an independent commune under the high

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Map of Geneva

editor — Sat, 25 Jun 2016 02:07:00 +0000

GENEVA For many people and for many centuries, Geneva has been and remains a most suitable place for exchanges of all kinds: A legendary oasis in the world of banking; a well-reputed center for commodities trading; a center of intellectual diversity, innovation and political negotiation. The destiny of Geneva is certainly one of the most astonishing that the annals of the human race has recorded. Its surrounding territory is of such small size that Voltaire would say with a sarcastic smile, “When I shake my wig, I cover the whole Republic with powder!” In spite of this, the little republic

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