15361536–1564 · Geneva

Calvin's Geneva

The classical façade and towers of Saint-Pierre Cathedral in Geneva — Photo: Suicasmo. CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

John Calvin, a French refugee, made Geneva a model Protestant city, preaching at St Pierre Cathedral, writing the Institutes of the Christian Religion and founding an academy in 1559 to train ministers. Exiles from France, England and Scotland, among them John Knox, carried his ideas home, and Reformed churches from Scotland to the Netherlands and New England grew from Geneva.

Religious & Pilgrimage
Political History
Geneva, Switzerland

Sites

Site 1: St Pierre CathedralCalvin's chair, the towers and excavations beneath the cathedral.Map ↗
Site 2: Reformation Wall, Parc des BastionsStatues of Calvin, Farel, Beza and Knox carved into the old ramparts.Map ↗