Plainpalais

Plainpalais is a neighbourhood in Geneva, Switzerland, and a former municipality of the Canton of Geneva.^[1] It is mentioned in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.^[2]

Argentine author Jorge Luis Borges' ashes are buried in the cemetery of Plainpalais.

Plaine de Plainpalais

The Plaine de Plainpalais is a large public square (78 135 square metres). It is home of the Plainpalais skatepark. Inaugurated in 2012, the Plainpalais skatepark is intended for young people over the age of 10 who practise skateboarding, roller skating and BMX riding at any level. Covering 3,000 m², it is one of the biggest skate parks in Europe.^[3]

Plainpalais is shown bottom left in this imaginative drawing by Matthias Quad, or the workshop of Franz Hogenberg, around 1603, illustrating the failed surprise attack of 12 December 1602 by the Duke of Savoy to take Geneva. Invaders are pictured crossing the moat in the center left while their reinforcements are entering Plainpalais at the bottom. A column of defenders is in the center, headed toward the Savoyards. Lake Léman is at center top.

References

^ "Plainpalais | Geneva.info". Retrieved November 16, 2014.
^ Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft (1994). Frankenstein: Or, the Modern Prometheus, The Pennyroyal Edition. University of California Press. pp. 68, 71, 72. ISBN 9780520201798.
^ "Plainpalais skate park". www.geneve.ch. Retrieved 2021-08-02.

Plaine de Plainpalais

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