#1 of 30 Things To Do in Annecy
City Centre Annecy
Annecy
~0.69 miles from Annecy city center
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#2 of 30 Things To Do in Annecy
Cathedrale Saint Pierre
Annecy
~0.74 miles from Annecy city center
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The St. Pierre Cathedral is a cathedral in Geneva, Switzerland, belonging to the Swiss Reformed Church. It was begun in the 12th century, and includes an eclectic mix of styles. It is best known as the adopted home church of John Calvin, one of the leaders of the Protestant Reformation. Inside the church is a wooden chair used by Calvin.
The area beneath the Cathedral has recently been excavated extensively, revealing a rich history of the site dating back to the time of the Roman Empire. From the 8th to 10th centuries it was one of three cathedrals to coexist on the site. The present building has grown from a cathedral devoted to ecclesiastical use and an early Christian funerary cult; the other two structures, subsumed in the 12th century by the growth of the surviving building, were apparently for different uses, one for public sacraments and the other for church teachings.
At the beginning of the Reform, protestant services were celebrated in barns belonging to members of the congregation: for the district of Saint-Pierre, successively at Bonnemie, Grossetière, Ruilon and finally in Saint- Pierre itself in the Fresneau family's house. Followîng the signature of the "Edit de Nantes" (Nantes Edict), a first temple was built in 1606 on a site inside the Saint-Gemme Priory. This building was burnt in 1626 to prevent that it be transformed into a catholic church as was the case of that in Le Château.
As of 1628, public practice of the reformed religion was forbidden on the island. The ruins of the temple were demolished in 1683. Protestants then used the Temple in Marennes.
After the Concordat (1803), whereby Napoleon allowed the freedom of worship, the Protestant Church of Saint-Pierre was created.
In the beginning, protestant services took place in a house of Saint-Pierre, then in premises belonging t0o the Grenot famîly.
In extremis, on his mother's advice, Pierre Grenot, contractor, gave the premises to the Protestant Church which transformed it into the actual temple, with a municipal subsidy of 3.000 francs. This new building was inaugurated on 12 May 1833.
In the middle of the XXth century, the protestant Churches of the estuary of the Seudre and of the Isle of Oleron were reassembled under the name of Reformed Church of the Isles of Saintonge.
Actually, every summer, the presence of a german protestant minister allows the celebration of bilingual services and the meeting of german and french protestant worshippers.
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#3 of 30 Things To Do in Annecy
Pont des Amours
Annecy
~0.87 miles from Annecy city center
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#4 of 30 Things To Do in Annecy
Prison d'Annecy
Annecy
~0.87 miles from Annecy city center
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#5 of 30 Things To Do in Annecy
Chateau d'Annecy
Annecy
~0.91 miles from Annecy city center
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The Château d'Annecy is a restored castle which dominates the old French town of Annecy in the Haute-Savoie département. It was bought by the town, restored and transformed into a museum, le musée-château d'Annecy. The castle is listed as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture.
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#6 of 30 Things To Do in Annecy
Universite de Savoie Annecy
Annecy
~1.80 miles from Annecy city center
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#7 of 30 Things To Do in Annecy
Stade de Geneve
Lancy
~18.51 miles from Annecy city center
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#8 of 30 Things To Do in Annecy
City Centre Gaillard
Thonex
~19.48 miles from Annecy city center
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#9 of 30 Things To Do in Annecy
Patinoire des Vernets
Geneva
~19.66 miles from Annecy city center
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#10 of 30 Things To Do in Annecy
Patek Philippe Museum
Geneva
~19.95 miles from Annecy city center
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#11 of 30 Things To Do in Annecy
Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MAMCO)
Geneva
~19.96 miles from Annecy city center
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#12 of 30 Things To Do in Annecy
Geneva University
Geneva
~19.99 miles from Annecy city center
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#13 of 30 Things To Do in Annecy
Geneva Museum of Natural History
Geneva
~20.02 miles from Annecy city center
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#14 of 30 Things To Do in Annecy
Wall of the Reformation
Geneva
~20.06 miles from Annecy city center
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#15 of 30 Things To Do in Annecy
Bourg de Four
Geneva
~20.10 miles from Annecy city center
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Place du Bourg-de-Four is a city square in the Old Town of Geneva, Switzerland. It is a commercial center, with fountains, restaurants (with outdoor seating), gelaterias, and high-end shopping. The Place is also near Geneva's largest church, St. Pierre Cathedral.
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#16 of 30 Things To Do in Annecy
Grand Theatre de Geneve
Geneva
~20.16 miles from Annecy city center
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#17 of 30 Things To Do in Annecy
Bastions Park
Geneva
~20.17 miles from Annecy city center
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A former botanical garden and site of the first university in Geneva, tree lined Bastions Park is popular with students and abuzz with activity most hours of the day. A set of life size chess boards at the north end of the park attracts chess masters both young and old looking for a challenge. Finally, Reformation Wall built along the old rampart wall of the Old Town pays tribute to the founders of the Reformation forever immortalized in statue along the wall.
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#18 of 30 Things To Do in Annecy
Rath Museum
Geneva
~20.17 miles from Annecy city center
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#19 of 30 Things To Do in Annecy
Cathedrale Saint Pierre
Lancy
~20.17 miles from Annecy city center
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#20 of 30 Things To Do in Annecy
Geneva City Hall (Hotel de Ville)
Geneva
~20.18 miles from Annecy city center
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#21 of 30 Things To Do in Annecy
Tavel House
Geneva
~20.18 miles from Annecy city center
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#22 of 30 Things To Do in Annecy
Barbier Mueller Museum
Geneva
~20.22 miles from Annecy city center
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The Barbier-Mueller Museum, founded in 1977, is located, 10 rue Jean-Calvin, in Genève (Switzerland). Its collection contains over 7,000 pieces and includes works of art from Tribal and Classical antiquity as well as sculptures, fabrics and ornaments from "primitive" civilizations around the world. Its goal is to preserve, study, and publish the collection begun by Josef Mueller in 1907 and carried on by his daughter Monique and son-in-law Jean Paul Barbier-Mueller.
The museum has gained international acclaim through itinerant exhibitions, the loans to other museums, and the publication of numerous catalogues and art books.
Twenty years later, in 1997, the Museu Barbier-Mueller d'Art Precolombí was inaugurated in Barcelona, Spain. It is located in the Nadal Palace, opposite to the Picasso Museum, in Montcada Street.
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#23 of 30 Things To Do in Annecy
City Centre Geneva
Lancy
~20.28 miles from Annecy city center
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#24 of 30 Things To Do in Annecy
Horloge Fleurie
Lancy SW
~20.35 miles from Annecy city center
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#25 of 30 Things To Do in Annecy
Jardin Anglais et Promenade du Lac
Lancy SW
~20.38 miles from Annecy city center
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#26 of 30 Things To Do in Annecy
English Park (Jardin des Anglais)
Lancy
~20.38 miles from Annecy city center
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The second hand of the flower clock in the English garden measures 2 metres and 50 centimetres: the longest in the world!
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#27 of 30 Things To Do in Annecy
City Centre Annemasse
Annemasse
~20.47 miles from Annecy city center
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#28 of 30 Things To Do in Annecy
Parc La Grange
Geneva
~20.53 miles from Annecy city center
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#29 of 30 Things To Do in Annecy
Jet d'Eau
Geneva
~20.53 miles from Annecy city center
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#30 of 30 Things To Do in Annecy
Marionette Museum
Geneva
~20.54 miles from Annecy city center
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