| Switzerland, Geneva, Cologny — Byron’s Meadow | | | Le Pré Byron
English text:
Dear Visitors from all over the world, and Residents of Cologny, we are happy to welcome you to this very beautiful site from which both the city of Geneva and the international organizations can be admired.
On this very spot the story of “Frankenstein” was born. During the summer of 1816, the weather was atrocious, cold and rainy spells alternating with violent thunder storms. At that time Byron, a 28 year old poet, was renting the . . . — Map (db m35111) HM | | Switzerland, Geneva — Swiss Family de Candolle | | |
— Ici —
Ont vécu et travaillé
Pendant un siècle
Les botanistes Genevois
Augustin-Pyramus de Candolle
— 1778 – 1841 —
Alphonse de Candolle
— 1806 – 1893 —
Casimir de Candolle
— 1836 – 1918 —
Augustin de Candolle
— 1868 – 1920 —
Translation:
— Here —
Lived and worked
For a century
Genevan botanists
Augustin-Pyramus de . . . — Map (db m34868) HM | | Switzerland, Vaud, Montreux — Freddie Mercury | | | Left marker:
Freddie Mercury
Lover of Life — Singer of Songs
1946 – 1991
Born Farrokh Bulsara on the East African island of Zanzibar, Freddie Mercury became one of the world’s greatest rock music performers. His career as lead singer of the band Queen spanned twenty years and together they sold over 150 million albums worldwide.
Innovator, showman, musician extraordinaire, he left a compelling legacy and had an enormous influence on the next generation of . . . — Map (db m34825) HM |
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