Plainpalais
Sign in to savethumb|301x301px|Central avenue of the Cimetière des Rois|Cimetière de Plainpalais where some Genevan magistrates are buried, as well as many personalities who incidentally contributed to the renown and influence of the city of Geneva. Plainpalais is a neighbourhood in Geneva, Switzerland, and a former municipality of the Canton of Geneva up to 1931.
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- Instance of
- quarter
- Demonym
- Planpalistaine
- Country
- Switzerland
- Located in
- Geneva
- Official language
- French
- Elevation
- 380
- Image
- Plainpalais erd2.jpg
- Licence plate code
- GE
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- Quartier de Plainpalais
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- History
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thumb|301x301px|Central avenue of the Cimetière des Rois|Cimetière de Plainpalais where some Genevan magistrates are buried, as well as many personalities who incidentally contributed to the renown and influence of the city of Geneva. Plainpalais is a neighbourhood in Geneva, Switzerland, and a former municipality of the Canton of Geneva up to 1931.
== History == thumb|253x253px|Plainpalais is shown bottom left in this imaginative drawing by Matthias Quad, or the workshop of Franz Hogenberg, around 1603, illustrating the failed surprise attack of 12 December 1602 by the [[Duke of Savoy to take Geneva. Invaders are pictured crossing the moat in the center left while their reinforcements are entering Plainpalais at the bottom. A column of defenders is in the center, headed toward the Savoyards. Lake Geneva is at center top.|left]]
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Plainpalais” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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