Young celebrant, Escalade

To commemorate their successful defeat of Savoyard invaders in 1602, Geneva holds an annual festival. This victory helped Geneva maintain its Protestant Reform tradition at a time when religious passions ran strong.

Welch, Claude Emerson

State University of New York at Buffalo

Dec-93

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Geneva, Switzerland

Making fun of the "Evil Savoyards"

7/10/2007

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