Brunswick Monument

A duke paid for this tomb from beyond the grave

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Charles II, Duke of Brunswick, left Geneva his fortune on the condition that the city build him a monument. The neo-Gothic tomb beside the lake echoes the Scaliger tombs of Verona, with pointed arches, carved stone and a tall spire.

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