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to construct a perma nent tradition, created in 1955, has
fountain, which became more eight intersecting wheels and
spectacular as more powerful features 6,500 flowering plants.
pumps were installed. Visible Protruding from the lake at
a point just north of the Jardin
from afar and floodlit after
EXPERIENCE Geneva of Geneva and has been down by glaciers during the
dark, the Jet d’Eau is the pride
Anglais are two stones brought
adopted as the city’s emblem.
Ice Age. They are known as
the Pierres du Niton (Neptune’s
Stones); the larger of the two
was once used as the reference
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Île Rousseau
measured in Switzerland.
 C3 ⌂ Pont des Bergues point from which altitude was
Geneva’s spectacular A walkway jutting out at a
Jet d’Eau, the world’s right angle from the centre 6 "
highest fountain of the Pont des Bergues leads Musée Barbier-
to a medieval bastion in the Mueller
3 Rhône. Now known as the Île  C4 ⌂ 10 Rue Jean-Calvin
Rousseau, it is named after
Jet d’Eau Jean-Jacques Rousseau # 11am–5pm daily
(1712–78), the writer and phi- ∑ barbier-mueller.ch
 E2 ⌂ Off Quai Gustave-
Ador losopher of the Enlightenment Almost hidden away in a back
who was one of Geneva’s street near the Cathédrale
Standing isolated on a jetty on most distin guished citizens. St-Pierre (p116), this art
the south bank of Lake Geneva, museum with stunning works
the Jet d’Eau is the world’s from tribal and classical
highest fountain, shoot ing a 5 antiquity. It was founded in
plume of water 140 m (460 ft) 1977 to pre serve a collection
into the air, at a rate of 500 Jardin Anglais begun in 1907 by the Muellers,
litres (110 gallons) per second  D3 ⌂ Quai du Général- a family of art collectors. On
and a speed of 200 km per Guisan display are sculptures, masks
hour (125 mph). It came into and other artifacts from Africa,
existence almost by accident. Laid out on the lakeside at the Asia and Oceania, as well as
In the late 19th century a foot of the Old Town, the Jardin items from the ancient world.
purely functional fountain was Anglais (English Garden) offers
set up to relieve excess water an open view of the harbour
pressure while a reservoir and quayside buildings. At its 7
system was being installed. entrance is the Horloge Fleurie,
The fountain was so popular a large floral clock. This tribute Place du Bourg-
that the authorities decided to Switzer land’s clock-making de-Four
 C4
Probably overlying Geneva’s
Roman forum, the Place du
Bourg-de-Four was the city’s
marketplace in the Middle
Ages. Today, lined with 16th-
century houses, art galleries
and antiques shops, and with
busy cafés and restaurants,
the square is still the hub of
Geneva’s Old Town.
The imposing Palais de
Justice on the southeastern
The Île Rousseau and side of the square was built in
Quai des Bergues on 1707–12 and has been used as
the River Rhône the city’s law courts since 1860.
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