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The Reformation Wall. In the adorable Bastions Park you can find the Reformation Wall. Geneva used to the refuge for the leader of the Protestant Reformation John Calvin and his companions-in-arms. By the way, at first Calvin was banished because of the radical position. But after his return in 1541 Geneva turned into 'Reformative Rome'. It was the place, where all the Calvinism supporters gathered.

The building works of the Reformation Wall started in 1909, on the occasion of Calvin's birthday and 350th anniversary of the Academy for clergymen, created by him. The memorial picture is placed at the ancient defense wall. In its central part 5-meter figures of the great reformers (Guillaume Farel, John Calvin, Théodore de Bèze and John Knox) are located. To the right and to the left of them you may see the figures of other reformer from different countries.
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