Vineyards near Dardagny
Dardagny Castle
Firmenich plant in La Plaine
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
Dardagny
…Dardagny (French pronunciation: ) is a municipality of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. In 1978, Dardagny received the Wakker Prize for the development and preservation of its architectural heritage…
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.