Sights & Attractions in Geneva

Worth Noting

Sights Overview
Name Category Location
 
Ancien Arsenal
Designed as a granary on the site of a Roman marketplace and converted...
Libraries Vieille Ville
 
Bâtiment des Forces Motrices
A fine example of 19th-century industrial architecture moored...
Industrial Sites Plainpalais
 
Cimetière de Plainpalais
Originally part of a 15th-century hospital complex built on dry...
Cemeteries Plainpalais
 
Eglise Saint-Germain
The second chapel on the left maps a structural lineage that...
Religious Sites Vieille Ville
 
Ile Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, the son of a Genevois watchmaker, is known...
Public Art (Mural / Sculpture / Statue) The Waterfront
 
La Neptune
Old photos of Geneva show scores of black masts and graceful...
Nautical Sites The Waterfront
 
Mamco (Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain)
Concrete floors and fluorescent lighting set the tone for this...
Museums / Galleries Plainpalais
 
Monument Brunswick
Charles d'Este-Guelph, the famously eccentric (and deposed) duke...
Memorials / Monuments The Waterfront
 
Monument de la Réformation
Conceived on a grand scale and erected between 1909 and 1917...
Memorials / Monuments Vieille Ville
 
Musée Barbier-Mueller
Josef Mueller began acquiring fine primitive art from Africa...
Museums / Galleries Vieille Ville
 
Musée des Suisses à l'Etranger
Books, audio guides in English, and 19th-century rooms full of...
Museums / Galleries International Area
 
Musée Militaire Genevois
The humble setting adds authenticity to this detailed look at...
Museums / Galleries International Area
 
Musée Rath
Switzerland's original fine arts museum, inaugurated in 1826...
Museums / Galleries Plainpalais
 
Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle
Large, evocative wildlife dioramas complete with sound effects...
Museums / Galleries Vieille Ville
 
Parc La Grange
The Orangerie and the Théâtre de Verdure stage performances...
Parks The Waterfront
 
Place du Bourg-de-Four
Ancient roads met in this layered Vieille Ville square before...
Squares Vieille Ville
 
Site Archéologique
Archaeologists found multiple layers of history underneath the...
Archaeological Sites Vieille Ville
 
Temple de la Fusterie
Designed by Huguenot refugee Jean Vennes and completed in 1715...
Religious Sites The Waterfront
 
Tour de l'Ile
The lone surviving fragment of a 13th-century castle built by...
Architectural Sites Plainpalais
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