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The Calvinium or the Salle de la Réformation was a building for events in Geneva, at the corner of Rue du Rhône and Boulevard Helvétique. It was demolished in 1969 and replaced by a building which now houses the South African consulate. The building, built in honor of John Calvin, was built by Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubigné.[1][2]
The first meeting of the assembly of the League of Nations took place at the building on 15 November 1920.[3] The Calvinium was also the venue for the World Economic Conference of May 1927.[4]
The Illés Relief was housed in the building for 42 years, being moved out to make way for the League of Nations.
References
[edit]- ^ Un rêve de Merle Aubigné : la Salle de la Réformation à Genève Luc Weibel Bulletin de la Société de l'Histoire du Protestantisme Français (1903-2015) Vol. 152 (Avril-Mai-Juin 2006), pp. 245-263 Published by: Librairie Droz https://www.jstor.org/stable/24309047
- ^ Genève a mis long avant d'honorer la mémoire de Calvin 23 janvier 2006
- ^ Weibel, Luc (2006). Croire à Genève: la Salle de la Réformation (XIXe-XXe siècle). Labor et Fides. pp. 101–. ISBN 978-2-8309-1193-0.
- ^ United Nations Geneva (5 September 2019). "#Geneva has been at the heart of modern multilateralism for 100 years". Twitter.
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