CERN and the Cathedral of St. Peter in Geneva
By Charlie. Filed in Europe |
In Geneva, Switzerland, what might make the best afternoon? Spending time at Lake Geneva? Taking a walk along the Reformation Wall? A visit to the Cathedral of St. Peter? Or exploring in a museum dedicated to CERN’s astonishing physics experiment, the LHC, or Large Hadron Collider?
For many people, Lake Geneva is a must-see destination. It’s possible to spend the whole day here, with a variety of boat rides offered. One of the longer rides stops at several towns, including Evian and Lausanne, and includes a two to three hour stop in Montreux. Here, you can relax and watch farmers at work in the vineyards, or just watch the Swiss Alps themselves, before returning home for an evening in one of the romantic Geneva hotels .
For those inclined to take a look at the history of religion, there’s the Reformation Wall . This is a wall 325 feet long and 30 feet high built to commemorate Geneva’s part in the Protestant Reformation and features fifteen foot tall statues of four of Geneva’s religious luminaries: Guillaume Farel, who was the first to preach the Reformation in Geneva; John Calvin, who was the leader of the Reformation movement; Theodore Beza, who succeeded Calvin, and emphasized Calvin’s doctrine of predestination; and John Kox, a Scottish preacher who was a friend of Calvin and who founded Presbyterianism in Scotland.
Running with the theme of reformation, there’s also the Cathedral of St. Peter, a church where John Calvin presented his sermons in the middle of the 16th Century. This church has occupied the same spot for over a thousand years, where archaeological excavations have uncovered the remains of two 4th Century Christian sanctuaries with mosaic floors from the late Roman Empire, as well as pieces of three early churches with an 11th Century crypt.
For those with a more scientific frame of mind, there’s the Microcosm at CERN . This science museum is dedicated to exploring the subject matter of CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, which focuses on fundamental particles. You’ll learn about the Large Hadron Collider here, which is helping scientists explore how the universe began.
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