ICRC Library
The library of the International Committee of the Red Cross – in French: la bibliothèque du Comité international de la Croix-Rouge – is a public library based at the headquarter of the international organization in Geneva, Switzerland.- Email: library@icrc.org
- Type: Library
- Description: Library in Geneva, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Bibliothèque du CICR”, “Bibliothèque du Comité international de la Croix-Rouge”, and “International Committee of the Red Cross Library”
- Address: Avenue de la Paix 19, Genève
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include ICRC and Palace of Nations.
ICRC
Museum
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The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum is a museum located in Geneva, Switzerland.
Palace of Nations
Public building
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The Palace of Nations is the home of the United Nations Office at Geneva, located in Geneva, Switzerland. It was built between 1929 and 1938 to serve as the headquarters of the League of Nations. Palace of Nations is situated 440 metres southeast of ICRC Library.
Musée Ariana
Museum
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The Musée Ariana, also known as the Musée suisse de la céramique et du verre, is a museum in Geneva, Switzerland. It is devoted to ceramic and glass artwork, and contains around 20,000 objects from the last 1,200 years, representing the historic, geographic, artistic and technological breadth of glass and ceramic manufacture during this time. Musée Ariana is situated 350 metres southeast of ICRC Library.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nations and Petit-Saconnex.
Le Grand-Saconnex
Town
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Le Grand-Saconnex is a municipality of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. Several international organizations and permanent missions to the United Nations are located in Grand Saconnex.
ICRC Library
- Category: education
- Location: Geneva, Canton of Geneva, Western Switzerland, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.22803° or 46° 13′ 41″ northLongitude
6.1363° or 6° 8′ 11″ eastInception
1863Operator
Comité international de la Croix-Rouge (CICR)Open location code
8FR864HP+6GOpenStreetMap ID
node 13599246818OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=libraryWikidata ID
Q99499481
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In Other Languages
From French to Indonesian—“ICRC Library” goes by many names.
- French: “bibliothèque du Comité international de la Croix-Rouge”
- French: “Bibliothèque du Comité International de la Croix-Rouge”
- German: “Bibliothek des Internationalen Komitees vom Roten Kreuz”
- Indonesian: “Stadtbücherei Petershagen”
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