Geneva is the second-most populous city in Switzerland and the most populous in French-speaking Romandy. Situated in the southwest of the country, where the Rhône exits Lake Geneva, it is the capital of the Republic and Canton of Geneva, and a centre for international diplomacy. Geneva hosts the highest number of international organizations in the world.
James Pradier was a Genevan-born French sculptor best known for his work in the neoclassical style.
The Canton of Geneva, officially the Republic and Canton of Geneva, is one of the 26 cantons of the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of forty-five municipalities, and the seat of the government and parliament is in the city of Geneva.
L'Escalade, or Fête de l'Escalade, is an annual festival in Geneva, Switzerland, held each December commemorating the defeat of an attempt to conquer the Protestant city-state by the Catholic Duchy of Savoy in 1602. The celebrations and other commemorative activities are usually held on 12 December or the closest weekend.
Augustin François Guille, called Archiguille was a French painter.
Jean-Pierre Saint-Ours was a Swiss painter from Geneva.
Erling Mandelmann was a Danish photographer. He began his career as a freelance photojournalist in the mid-1960s.
The Bibliothèque de Genève, founded in 1559, was known as Bibliothèque publique et universitaire from 1907 to 2006.
The Musée d’Art et d’Histoire is the largest art museum in Geneva, Switzerland.
The Musée Rath is an art museum in Geneva, used exclusively for temporary exhibitions. Its building is the oldest purpose-built art museum in Switzerland, and the original home of Geneva's Musée d'Art et d'Histoire.
The Musée Ariana, also known as the Musée suisse de la céramique et du verre, is a museum in Geneva, Switzerland. It is devoted to ceramic and glass artwork, and contains around 20,000 objects from the last 1,200 years, representing the historic, geographic, artistic and technological breadth of glass and ceramic manufacture during this time. The collection is the only one of its kind in Switzerland.
The Compagnie de 1602 is an historic and patriotic association in Geneva who organize the official commemoration of the Escalade. This association was established on March 31, 1926.
The Musée d'ethnographie de Genève is one of the most important ethnographic museums in Switzerland.
The Musée d'histoire des sciences de la Ville de Genève is a small museum in Switzerland dedicated to the history of science.
The following is a timeline of the history of the municipality of Geneva, Switzerland.
Jean-Yves Marin is an archeologist, medievalist and chief curator of French heritage. He was born in Caen in 1955.
Charles Egmond d'Arcis was a Swiss journalist and alpinist. He was the first president of the International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation (UIAA).
The Maison Moos, later called the Galerie Moos, was an art gallery and auction house founded in 1906 in Geneva by the art dealer Max Moos. The gallery closed in 1976.
École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Genève, was an art school founded in 1748 in Geneva, Switzerland. In 2006, the school was merged with the Geneva University of Art and Design (HEAD).
