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International city : The "Spirit of Geneva"

In 1863, Henry Dunant and a group of Genevese formed the International Committee of the Red Cross. Today, Geneva's humanitarian role and action are more than ever necessary and it is widely recognized as the city of Peace and of major international negotiations.

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Panorama

Geography

The Geneva district area is small: 282 km2. It is a piece of enclosed land encircled by France. It lies south of the Department of the Ain, and north of the Department of the Haute-Savoie.

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History

Geneva, a city of Exchange. Over 3000 years ago a city chose its own destiny. At the crossroads of important communicating roads linking the Mediterranean Sea to the North of Europe, Geneva has become a town of exchanges, ideas and trade.

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Celebrities

5 centuries in 36 portraits (source: www.geneve-tourisme.ch). In the manner of the French poet Prévert’s inventories, the thirty-six emblematical persons presented here have a point in common; they have not only bench-marked their time and provided mankind with a lasting memory, but have enriched Geneva’s cultural, scientific and economical life, be they Genevans of old stock or foreigners.

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