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Of all the cities of the world, all the homelands intimate that a man seeks to deserve during his travels, Geneva seems to me the most conducive to happiness. Jorge Luis Borges
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Geneva| Name of Notable | Genus | AsNotedIn | No | Address | Proximity | Area |
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| Grand'Rue Geneve |
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Grand-Rue | Rue de Cite to Rue Henry-Fazy | ||
| La Favola |
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Rue Jean-Calvin 15 | Rue du Puits-Saint-Pierre | ||
| Palais des Nations |
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Ave de la Paix | Parc de l'Ariana |
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| Rue Calvin |
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Rue Jean-Calvin | |||
| Vacheron Constantin Watch Factory |
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| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1914/00/00 | Jorge Luis Borges | Education | The Borges family lives in Geneva from 1914 to 1919. Young Jorge learns French and discovers French literature at College de Geneve (Calvin College). |
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| Locale Type | City |
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| Vieille Ville de Geneve | Neighborhood |
Creative Works »
| Work | Type | AsNotedIn | Creator | Note |
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| Belle du Seigneur | Book | Abraham Albert Cohen | Belle du Seigneur is set in Geneva, 1930s | |
| Confessions (Rousseau) | Memoir | Jean-Jacques Rousseau | In "Confessions", Rousseau recounts his life up to 1765. | |
| Daisy Miller (book) | Mezzobula | Henry James | In Geneva, as he had been perfectly aware, a young man was not at liberty to speak to a young unmarried lady except under certain rarely occurring conditions. | |
| Frankenstein (book) | Novel | Mary Shelley | "Frankenstein" is set in Geneva, Switzerland | |
| Thrilling Cities (travel articles) | Travelogue |
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Ian Fleming |