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Geneva is the second-most populous city in Switzerland and the most populous city of Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland. Situated in the south west 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.
Gustave Ador was a Swiss politician. In 1919, he became President of the Confederation.
The Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, so named since 1979, is one of the seven Departments of the Swiss government federal administration of Switzerland, and corresponds in its range of tasks to the ministry of foreign affairs in other countries. The department is always headed by one of the members of the Swiss Federal Council. Since 1 November 2017, the department is headed by Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis.
The Cimetière des Rois, is a cemetery in Geneva, Switzerland. The cemetery is commonly named after la rue des Rois near which it is situated. The graveyard was established in 1482 for people who died from plague in the Middle Ages, during the second plague pandemic.
The Palace of Nations is the home of the United Nations Office at Geneva, located in Geneva, Switzerland. It was built between 1929 and 1938 to serve as the headquarters of the League of Nations. It has served as the home of the United Nations Office at Geneva since 1946 when the Secretary-General of the United Nations signed a Headquarters Agreement with the Swiss authorities, although Switzerland did not become a member of the United Nations until 2002.
Gustave Moynier was a Swiss jurist who was active in many charitable organizations in Geneva.
The International Committee of the Red Cross is a humanitarian organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, and is a three-time Nobel Prize Laureate. State parties (signatories) to the Geneva Convention of 1949 and its Additional Protocols of 1977 and 2005 have given the ICRC a mandate to protect victims of international and internal armed conflicts. Such victims include war wounded persons, prisoners, refugees, civilians, and other non-combatants.
The Lake Parade is a large technoparade who is organised every year from 1997, on month of July, in Geneva on the quay of Lake Geneva.
Mouettes Genevoises Navigation is a private water bus operator in Geneva, Switzerland, operating four lines across the western end of Lake Geneva. A member of the integrated Unireso fare network, its head office is in Geneva. The modern company was founded in 1897 by the merger of three boat operators.
The Pierres du Niton are two glacial erratics in Lake Geneva, Switzerland, in Geneva harbor. On the left bank of the lake near Quai Gustave-Ador, they are remnants from the last ice age, left by the Rhone glacier. Because of their role in Swiss cartography, the rocks have been declared a "Geotope", a national site of geological heritage.
To extend the south-side promenade of the Lake of Geneva from the Jardin Anglais, the Quai Gustave-Ador was constructed in 1856 with a length of around 1,800 m.
The Jardin anglais is an urban park in Geneva, Switzerland, situated at the location of an ancient harbor and a wood. It marks the beginning of the Quai Gustave-Ador.
The Parc La Grange is an urban park in the city of Geneva, Switzerland.
The Parc des Eaux Vives has a surface of 45,000 m2 (480,000 sq ft) and is situated at the Quai Gustave-Ador in Geneva, right next at the Parc La Grange. It is a sloping hillside park topped by a historic mansion dating back to the 18th century, that now serves as a hotel and restaurant. The headquarters of the Geneva Sports Association is as well located in this park.
Henri Fazy was a Swiss politician and historian. As professor of Swiss history, he wrote much on the history of Geneva.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Geneva:
The library of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) – in French: la bibliothèque du Comité international de la Croix-Rouge (CICR) – is a public library based at the headquarter of the international organization in Geneva, Switzerland. It was apparently founded around the time of the ICRC's inception in 1863.
Ador may refer to:
André Amédée Gustave Slomszynski, Słomczyński or Slomczynski, known professionally as Slom, was a French painter, engraver, illustrator and cartographer of Polish origin. A former communard, he lived from 1871 to 1880 in exile in Switzerland.
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.
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- ↑ "Quai Gustave-Ador". Webpage of the canton of Geneva. Retrieved 17 April 2009.[ permanent dead link ]