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The Canton of Geneva, whose official name is the Republic and Canton of Geneva, is the successor of the Republic of Geneva. [6]This article focuses on the history of the canton, which begins in 1815, and some of the context leading to modern borders and events after that date.
Geneva first appears in history as an Allobrogian border town, fortified against the Celtic Helvetii tribe, which the Roman Republic took in 121 BC.. In 58 BC, Caesar, Roman governor of Gaul, destroyed the Rhône bridge at Geneva and built a 19-mile earthwork from Lake Geneva to the Jura Mountains in order to block the migration of the Helvetii, who "attempted, sometimes by day, more often by ...
The right of foreigners to vote varies by canton, as does whether Swiss citizens living abroad (and registered to vote in a canton) can take part in cantonal voting. Swiss citizens are citizens of a particular municipality (the place of origin) and the canton in which that municipality is part. Cantons, therefore, have a role in and set ...
Canton of Geneva created. [6] [18] Canton of Geneva becomes part of the Swiss Confederation. [1] [6] 1816 – Treaty of Turin nearly doubled the size of the Canton of Geneva. [19] 1817 – Botanical garden created in the Parc des Bastions . 1821 – Catholic diocese of Lausanne and Geneva established. [2] 1825 – Prison begins operating. [20]
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Map of the Helvetic Republic (1798) Map of Switzerland in 1815 New cantons were added only in the modern period, during 1803–1815; this mostly concerned former subject territories now recognized as full cantons (such as Vaud, Ticino and Aargau), and the full integration of territories that had been more loosely allied to the Confederacy (such as Geneva, Valais and Grisons).
In 1817, he resumed his status as a Swiss citizen, and returned to Geneva to become commander of the Canton of Geneva's military engineers, [2] as well as a professor of mathematics at the Academy of Geneva. From 1819 to 1830 he was chief instructor in the military school of Thun, which had been founded mainly through his efforts.
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