International city Geneva

Author: Zhang Zhikai
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Publish Date: 2006-03-01
Features: What we are introducing here is the renowned international city of Geneva. How did this small Geneva become so famous and so attractive? Is it because this past "miniature republic" of Geneva, in its history, bravely and unyieldingly defended its freedom and independence miraculously? Or is it because, in the history of the Reformation, it served as the headquarters of Calvin and was called "the Rome of Protestantism"? Is it because the beauty of its mountains and waters nurtured the great 18th-century Enlightenment thinker Rousseau? This book introduces the true face of this international metropolis. The bell of Saint-Pierre Church awakens the sleeping ancient city, and the breeze of Lake Geneva stirs the emotions of tourists. Through this book, you can learn about the real Geneva. It is the cradle of watches, a gathering place of banks; the headquarters of the United Nations, the birthplace of the Red Cross. Lenin fought here, Rousseau was infatuated with it, and Voltaire and Calvin left their traces of struggle.