Thursday 22 may at 18:00

Book presentation: They changed the world on Lake Geneva, book presentation

  • Cultural
  • Conference
  • Historic
  • Heritage
Salle L'Atelier, Place de l'Abbatiale, 74360 Abondance
Ten authors who came to the shores of Lake Geneva for a few hours or a few years between 1754 and 1914: Voltaire, Rousseau, Germaine de Staël, François-René de Chateaubriand, Byron, Stendhal, Alexandre Dumas, Gustave Flaubert, Victor Hugo, Romain Rolland.
Exiles or refugees in Switzerland, they have taken up their pen and re-enchanted the world.

Lecture by Béatrice Peyrani, journalist and Ann Bandle,
president of the Cercle des amis du château de Coppet.

Organized in partnership with the Association pour le Développement Culturel d'Abondance and the Pays d'art et d'histoire pays d'Évian - vallée d'Abondance.

Rates

Rates

Free of charge. Hats off to the exit.

Opening times

Opening times

On 22 May 2025
  • 18:00

Location

Location

Book presentation: They changed the world on Lake Geneva, book presentation
Salle L'Atelier, Place de l'Abbatiale, 74360 Abondance

Spoken languages

Spoken languages
  • French

Environment

Environment
  • Mountain location
  • Village centre
  • Resort centre
  • Village 2 km away

Access

Access
  • Access from abbey square.
Updated on 29 April 2025 at 09:21
by Office de Tourisme Leman Mountains Explore
(Offer identifier : 7179731)
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