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unusual facts about Genève-Cornavin railway station


Genève-Cornavin railway station

The station entrance and a platform was seen in The Adventures of Tintin comic The Calculus Affair.


Agustín Drake Aldama

Also he formed part of another shows at Centro de Arte Internacional, La Habana, Cuba in 1980; at Museo de Arte Moderno “La Tertulia”, Cali, Colombia in 1976; at Centro D’Arte “Il Meloziano”, Géneve, Italy in 1989, etc.

Antonio Carangelo

He received his musical training at the Conservatoire de Musique de Genève and the Accademia d'arte lirica in Osimo, Italy, and perfected his vocal technique through further studies with Mario del Monaco and Ettore Campogalliani, who was also the teacher of Luciano Pavarotti, Mirella Freni, and Renata Tebaldi.

Argyreia

Moorcroftia Choisy, Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève 6: 431.

Benjamin Conz

After moderate showing in the NLB, he signed his first professional contract with Genève-Servette HC of National League A (NLA or Nationalliga A in Swiss German).

Benjamin de Rothschild

Benjamin de Rothschild is Chairman of the board of the Edmond de Rothschild group, Chairman of the board of Compagnie Financière Edmond de Rothschild, Chairman of the board of the CBR, Compagnie Benjamin de Rothschild SA, and Chairman of the board of the private bank Banque privée Edmond de Rothschild SA Genève.

Da gelo a gelo

The opera was a co-commission of the Schwetzingen Festival, the Grand Théâtre de Genève and the Opéra National de Paris and premiered in the Schlosstheater Schwetzingen under the German title Kälte on May 21, 2006.

Fly-in

Switzerland's fly-ins include the one from La Côte, near Prangins, which was held each every 2 years since 2007, organized by the local air-club "Club Aéronautique Swissair Genève" (CASG).

Gare de Bellegarde-sur-Valserine

In 1985, Z 7500, Z 9500 and Z 9600 railcars were introduced on the Lyon – Genève/Evian/Saint-Gervais services, then in 1987, the Class BB 25200 locomotives (made available by the introduction of BB 22200 locos) were used with push-pull Corail trains between Lyon and Geneva.

Isbrand van Diemerbroeck

Anatome corporis humani: plurimis novis inventis intructa, 1672, republished 1679; published in Leiden, Lyon and Genève: English translation The Anatomy of Human Bodies by William Salmon appeared in 1689, reprinted in 1694; French translation L' anatomie du corps humain published in 1695 in Lyon

Louis Segond

The translation of the Old Testament, commissioned by the Vénérable Compagnie des Pasteurs de Genève, was published in two volumes in 1871 (Meusel has 1874 as the publication date), followed by the New Testament, translated as a private venture, in 1880.

Lustans Lakejer

They were initially influenced by 1970's artrock and postpunk acts like David Bowie, Joy Division, Magazine and Ultravox but adopted a more sophisticated synthpop and new romantic style on their most successful albums Uppdrag i Gèneve and En plats i solen.

Marti Guixé

His designs, installations and performances have been shown in many international group shows as well as solo projects, Among them MOMA, Centre Georges Pompidou, Design Museum London, Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève, National Art Center Tokyo, Museum für angewandte Kunst.

Neva Foundation

The Neva Foundation organizes every year the Genève Futur Hockey Challenge, an international hockey tournament initiated in Geneva by the Genève-Servette Hockey Club.

Pierre-Joseph Amoreux

Notice historique et bibliographique sur la vie et les ouvrages de Laurent Joubert, chancelier en l'Université de médecine de Montpellier, au XVIe siècle (imprimerie de Tournel, Montpellier, 1814, réédité en 1971 chez Slatkine, Genève).

Princess Marie of Denmark

During her years in college, Marie worked for Estée Lauder, as assistant to the public relations manager in 1994, and as an assistant to the managing director of ING Numismatic Group SA in Genève.

Raymond Weil

American Idol : Raymond Weil Genève partnered with American Idol music contest in 2010 and 2011 and offered a timepiece to each of the finalists.


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