Geneva

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Geneva — A city on Lake Geneva, a sovereign republic in the eighteenth century, seat of the League of Nations in the twentieth
A Protestant city on Lake Geneva, a sovereign republic when Rousseau was born there, and chosen two centuries later to house the world’s first peace organization. (Editorial synthesis)
2 people born in Geneva are recorded: Necker and Rousseau.
Recorded person who died in Geneva: Calvin.
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