Carouge
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Carouge is a municipality in the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland.
Carouge Place du Temple 1
Bridge to Carouge over the Arve River
Place de l'Octroi in Carouge
Market in Carouge
Canton of Geneva
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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
Carouge
…Carouge (French pronunciation: ; Arpitan: Carrojo) is a municipality in the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. Carouge is first mentioned in the Early Middle Ages as Quadruvium and Quatruvio. In 1248, it was mentioned as Carrogium while in the 14th…
Main building of the Palace of Nations
the lack of connection between Annemasse and Geneva was a topic of alarm already in the 19th century. The original citation read: "elegant Geneva and the Savoyard maid examine in the shrouded horizon the railway connection between Geneva and Savoy... Geneva... Anne!... Anne... sister Anne!... do you see anything coming?"
Charles Pictet de Rochemont, the Geneva envoy to the Congress of Vienna who negotiated the canton's borders
Borders after the Congress of Vienna: in yellow, the previous lands of Geneva; in blue, lands ceded by France; in pink, lands ceded by Savoy.