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5 centuries in 36 portraits

Situated since ancient times in the midst of events, the amplitude of which has extended far beyond its narrow borders, Mecca of international history, open to new ideas, hospitable to refugees, few cities in the world can, as Geneva, claim having welcomed as many women and men of letters and thought, as well as intellectuals of all kinds whose lives and works are so strongly linked to its destiny.

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.

• Ernest Ansermet

• Jorge Luis Borges

• Duke of Brunswick

• Richard Burton

• Lord Byron

• Alexandre Calame

• Jean Calvin

• Casanova

• Albert Cohen

• Colette

• Zino Davidoff

• Adolphe de Rothschild