Port-Noir

On June 1st, Geneva celebrated the 195th anniversary of the arrival of the confederated troops to Port-Noir.

Monument at Port-Noir.

Coming from confederated cantons like Fribourg, Soleure and Bern, their arrival helped putting an end to the Napoleonic occupation of the canton of Geneva and started the negotiation for their entrance in the Confederation Helvetica which happened in September of that year, when 13 cantons out of 19 accepted their entrance.

Celebrated arrival! Is the mountain recognizable in the back?

So, it became the 22nd canton. It is one of the most important cities of the country in the field of economics and demographic. It gave and has been giving important historic people like: Charles Pictet-de Rochemont who got to Switzerland its neutrality in the Congress of Vienna, Henry Dunant who founded the Red Cross, or Jean Jacques Rousseau, born in Geneva, but passed most of his life in France.

See you at Port-Noir next June dressed like a confederated arriving by boat!
Enjoy the weekend everybody!