La M?re Royaume (1540?-1605?)

At the origin of the famous marmites full of chocolate vegetables sold during the Escalade each December in Geneva is La M ?re Royaume. The Escalade celebrates the events of the night of 11/12 December 1602 when the citizens of Geneva repulsed the attempt by the soldiers of Charles-Emmanuel I, the Duke of Savoy, to seize...

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Ferdinand Hodler (1853-1918)

Ferdinand Hodler is one of Switzerland’s greatest painters ; to many - the greatest. He placed on canvas the legendary history of his country and its humble, hard-working, honest, pious people. In his poetic landscapes one can perceive the cosmic rhythms of the universe and the structure of the Earth. In his childhood he knew poverty,...

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