Broken Chair Sculpture – Parc Mon Repos loop from Geneva
Broken Chair Sculpture – Parc Mon Repos loop from Geneva
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Broken Chair Sculpture – Parc Mon Repos loop from Geneva
02:06
7.86km
90m
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Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: March 18, 2026
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977 m
Broken Chair Sculpture
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The chair is a call to the international community to sign the Landmine Convention, support the victims and evacuate the affected areas. Source: handicap-international.ch/de/die-geschichte-von-dem-broken-chair
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1.06 km
Place des Nations and Broken Chair
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The Palais des Nations has been the European headquarters of the United Nations since 1966. After the headquarters in New York, this is the second most important location of the
UN
worldwide. The building complex is located on the grounds of Ariana Park in Geneva and was built between 1929 and 1936. Between 1933 and 1946 it served as the headquarters of the League of Nations, which had previously resided in the Palais Wilson, also in Geneva, since its foundation in 1920.
In 1926, the officials of the League of Nations announced an international architectural competition for a new administrative center. However, despite the large number of 377 submissions, the jury was ultimately unable to decide on a winner. Therefore, its members selected five architects from among all participants to work together to develop a new design. These were Julien Flegenheimer (Switzerland), Camille Lefèvre (France), Henri-Paul Nénot (France), Carlo Broggi (Italy) and Joseph Vago (Hungary). They had previously submitted the most favored designs.
The current building was finally built in the late neoclassical style on the basis of their ideas. When the foundation stone was laid on September 7, 1929, a capsule was buried that contained a list of all member states, a copy of the founding act of the League of Nations and coins from all countries. The various League of Nations sections, starting with the Secretariat, moved in in several stages from 1933 up to 1936. The materials and furniture for the interior, most of which has been preserved to this day, were also donated by the League of Nations members.
Text / Source: Eenkmalpflege-Schweiz
denkmalpflege-schweiz.ch/2014/06/02/das-palais-des-nations-in-genf-europaeischer-hauptsitz-der-uno
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1.91 km
Conservatory and Botanical Garden of Geneva
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2.02 km
Greenhouse, Geneva Botanical Garden
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3.13 km
Parc Mon Repos
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3.35 km
Monument to the Fallen Soldiers of Geneva
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4.81 km
Tomb of Duke Charles II of Brunswick
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Due to his lavish lifestyle and political conflicts with the country estates, he made himself unpopular with the population and had to leave his country in 1830 as a result of an uprising. With the consent of the other monarchs of the German Confederation, he was replaced in 1831 by his brother Wilhelm as duke.
In 1870 Karl moved to Geneva because of the Franco-Prussian War, where he died on August 18, 1873 without direct descendants. In his will, he appointed the city of Geneva as the sole heir, whereby he required the construction of a tomb according to his own plans at a prominent location in Geneva. His brother Wilhelm reached an amicable agreement with Geneva on March 6, 1874, on the division of the inheritance, whereupon the city still had a sum of 24 million francs, which today is said to correspond to around 1 billion Swiss francs. After some discussion, the tomb was erected by the city of Geneva in the Jardin des Alpes in 1879 and inaugurated on October 14, 1879.
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5.65 km
Geneva Cornavin Railway Station
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With around 65,000 travelers every day, it is the ninth largest train station in Switzerland. The SBB spelling Genève is on the blue station signs, on the platform roofs, etc.
The station is located on the borders of the Geneva quarters of Saint-Gervais, Les Grottes and Les Pâquis.
Three railway systems intersect at the station - Swiss and French passenger traffic and freight traffic, and over 800 trains run here every day. The station is already clearly reaching its capacity limits.
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7.86 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
5.79 km
1.45 km
565 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
4.40 km
2.81 km
513 m
127 m
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