Geneva, the capital of peace
Posted in Travel destination on July 16th, 2010
The Swiss capital had its origin in a village dominated by the Romans Allobroges. After the fall of the empire becomes the capital of Burgundy, where he enjoyed some autonomy but with occasional revolt due to disagreements between the bourgeoisie and the clergy. When in 1536 he was expelled the bishop of the city adopted the reform years ago wanted to carry out the bourgeoisie gave way to a theocratic republic. This fell by Napoleon in 1814. Read the rest of this entry »
