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Geneva Escalade

Company of 1602 at the Geneva Escalade Frank Auberson

Old Town, December 10 - 12, 2010

The traditional celebration commemorates the unsuccessful attack on Geneva by troops from Savoy, in 1602. The festivities include a Sunday evening torchlight procession with more than 1’000 people dressed in period costume and a bonfire in Cathedral Square.

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