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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 ...
1970 - Population: 173,618 in city; 331,599 in canton. [25] 1972 - Tour du Lac rowing contest begins. 1977 – Geneva Symphony Orchestra established. [36] 1978 - Geneva Mosque built. [37] 1980 – Banque de Patrimoines Privés Genève established. 1986 – Geneva City Archives established. 1987 – Geneva Airport railway station opens.
The city is served by the Geneva Airport. It is connected by Geneva Airport railway station (French: Gare de Genève-Aéroport) to both the Swiss Federal Railways network and the French SNCF network, including links to Paris, Lyon, Marseille and Montpellier by TGV. Geneva is connected to the motorway systems of both Switzerland (A1 motorway ...
Fireworks at the Fêtes de Genève, 2012 The Geneva Motor Show (2008) Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer of the 18th century Émile Taddéoli, Swiss aviation pioneer born in Geneva in 1879. Public art in Geneva Celestial Sphere Woodrow Wilson Memorial; Events in Geneva. Fêtes de Genève; Geneva Motor Show ...
Pages in category "History of Geneva" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The city of Paris has notable examples of architecture from the Middle Ages to the 21st century. It was the birthplace of the Gothic style, and has important monuments of the French Renaissance, Classical revival, the Flamboyant style of the reign of Napoleon III, the Belle Époque, and the Art Nouveau style.
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The city had no mayor or single city government; its police chief reported to the king, the prévôt des marchands de Paris represented the merchants, and the Parlement de Paris, made up of nobles, was largely ceremonial and had little real authority: they struggled to provide the basic necessities to a growing population. For the first time ...