After visiting the two places that give Geneva its international character - the United Nations and the Red Cross, it was time to explore more of Geneva...
From the Musée International de la Croix-Rouge et du Croissant-Rouge, we headed to the Place des Nations, which is where we started our discovery of the United Nations offices in Geneva.
On the way, right along Avenue de la Paix, near the Palais des Nations, we passed by Musée Ariana. The museum is home to ceramic and glass artwork, with around 20,000 objects from the last 1,200 years...
The building housing the museum was built between 1877 and 1884, in the neo-classical and neo-baroque styles. It was built to house the private collection of the Swiss businessman and art collector, Gustave Revilliod, who named it after his mother, Ariane de la Rive, and later bequeathed it to the city of Geneva...
I wish we had the time to visit the museum, but hopefully, we'll be here soon...
"Ma Vie Est Mon Message"
My Life Is My Message...
This bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi is located in the Parc de l'Ariana...
The sculpture was donated by the Indian government in 2007...
While there is no taking away the credit that Mahatma Gandhi deserves for India's independence, I do feel the role that armed revolutionaries like Subhas Chandra Bose played was vastly ignored. If not more, he too deserves the same honour as Gandhi...
"Les Aisles De La Paix"
Wings of Peace...
This sculpture by Croatian born Israeli sculptor, Dina Merhav, was installed in Parc de l'Ariana in 1988. This iron sculpture was donated to the people of Switzerland in 1998 on behalf of former civilians interned in labor camps during the Second World War in recognition of the welcome they received in Switzerland and in memory of those who were not able to enter the country...
Walking along along Avenue de la Paix...
Parc de l'Ariana is quite beautiful...
Back at the Place des Nations, it was time to see the sculpture that has come to be recognised as an icon of Geneva, the Broken Chair sculpture...
Made of wood and designed by the Swiss artist Daniel Berset, constructed by the carpenter Louis Genève, the sculpture was installed here in 1997...
The sculpture is made of 5.5 tonnes of wood and is 12 metres high...
The sculpture symbolises opposition to land mines and cluster bombs that have killed and maimed many across the world...
It acts as a reminder to politicians and world leaders visiting Geneva to sign and ratify the Ottawa Treaty that outlaws the use of land mines...
The fountains at Place des Nations...
Waiting for the tram to take us to Parc des Bastions...
The sights of Geneva...
Geneva is indeed a pretty city...
Passing by the Conservatoire de Musique de Genève...
Founded by François Bartholoni in 1835, this conservatory is the oldest music education institution in Switzerland and one of the oldest conservatories in Europe...
An equestrian statue of Guillaume-Henri Dufour, a decorated Swiss army officer, engineer and topographer. He presided over the First Geneva Convention which established the Red Cross...
The Grand Théâtre de Genève is a premier venue for opera, dance performances, recitals, concerts and theatre...
And we reach Parc des Bastions...
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