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Geneva was an Allobrogian border town, fortified against the Helvetii tribe, [30] when the Roman Republic took it in 121 BC. It became Christian under the Late Roman Empire, and acquired its first bishop in the 5th century, having been connected to the Bishopric of Vienne in the 4th.
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The Canton of Geneva, officially the Republic and Canton of...
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In 1457 a major government organ was established in Geneva,...
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4 giorni fa · Geneva, city, capital of Genève canton, in the far southwestern corner of Switzerland that juts into France. One of Europe’s most cosmopolitan cities, Geneva has served as a model for republican government and owes its preeminence to the triumph of human, rather than geographic, factors.
Geneva hosts the highest number of international organisations in the world. Palais des Nations, the main building of the United Nations Office at Geneva WIPO headquarters in Geneva. This is a list of international organizations, UN programs and funds and other organizations based in Geneva, Switzerland.
1794 – July: "Government overthrown;" "executions, etc." 1798 April: Geneva becomes capital of the Léman (department) of the First French Republic (later the First French Empire). Population: 24,331. 19th century. 1813 – 31 December: Restoration of the Republic. 1815 Canton of Geneva created.
The Geneva Conventions define the rights and protections afforded to non-combatants who fulfill the criteria of being protected persons. The treaties of 1949 were ratified, in their entirety or with reservations, by 196 countries. The Geneva Conventions concern only protected non-combatants in war.
