Collège Calvin
The Collège Calvin, formerly the Collège de Genève, is the oldest public secondary school in Geneva.
Marignier is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.
Population: 5,883
Latitude: 46° 05' 24.50" N
Longitude: 6° 30' 0.14" E
The Collège Calvin, formerly the Collège de Genève, is the oldest public secondary school in Geneva.
The Aiguilles Rouges ("Red Peaks") are a crystalline mountainous massif of the French Prealps, opposite the Mont Blanc Massif. The colour of the iron rich gneiss (metamorphique) mountains gives the range its name. The highest summit is the Aiguille …
Lac d'Emosson is a reservoir in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. It is located in the municipalities of Salvan and Finhaut. The closest major city in Switzerland is Martigny. The lake has a surface area of 3.27 km² and an elevation of 1,930 m. The…
The Grand Massif is a ski resort located in Haute-Savoie department, France.
"L'horloge fleurie" (or "flower clock") was - with its diameter of 5 metres - the largest of its kind in the world until the installation of a 15 metres flower clock in Tehran, Iran on 7 June 2005.
The Château de Sales is a ruined castle in the commune of Thorens-Glières in the Haute-Savoie département of France.
The Bodmer Foundation (French: Fondation Bodmer) is a library and museum specialised in manuscripts and precious editions.
The Palais Wilson in Geneva, Switzerland, is the current headquarters of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. It was also the headquarters of the League of Nations from 1 November 1920 until that body moved its premis…
The Conservatoire de musique de Genève is a music school in Geneva, Switzerland,
The Cimetière des Rois (French: Cemetery of Kings) or Cimetière de Plainpalais, is a cemetery in Geneva, Switzerland, where John Calvin (the Protestant reformer), Jorge Luis Borges (the Argentine author), Sérgio Vieira de Mello (the former UN High C…
Sancellemoz is a sanatorium in the town of Passy, in Haute-Savoie, eastern France. Professor Marie Curie died in the sanatorium Sancellemoz.
Patinoire des Vernets is an arena located in Geneva, Switzerland. It is primarily used for ice hockey and is the home arena of Genève-Servette HC.
The Natural History Museum of Geneva (in French: Muséum d'histoire naturelle de la Ville de Genève) is a natural history museum in Geneva, Switzerland.
The Pointe Percée (lit.: pierced point) is the highest mountain in the Aravis range of the French Prealps in Haute-Savoie. It rises to 2753 meters and has 1643 m of prominence, and is thus is classified as an ultra prominent peak. Its first document…
The Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine is awarded annually (starting in 1986) by the Louis-Jeantet Foundation to biomedical researchers in Europe; the awards are made each April.
At 1,670 metres (5,480 ft), Les Crosets is the resort of highest altitude among those on the Swiss side of the Portes du Soleil. It is, however, one of the smallest as well. It is easily reached by skis from Chatel and Avoriaz. It has a microclimate…
The Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) is an international organisation working in mine action, legally based in Switzerland as a non-profit foundation. It was established by Switzerland and several other countries in Apri…
Saint-Jean-d'Aulps is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.