Place des Volontaires
Place des Volontaires is a square in Geneva, Western Switzerland. Place des Volontaires is situated nearby to the theater building autrement-aujourd’hui, as well as near the movie theater Le Spoutnik.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bâtiment des Forces motrices and Le Spoutnik.
Bâtiment des Forces motrices
Theater building
Photo: Annirok, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Bâtiment des Forces motrices, French for "Power plant building", is the power house of a former hydro power plant and waterworks in Geneva called Usine des Forces Motrices, later Usine des Forces Motrices de la Coulouvrenière.
Cimetière des Rois
Cemetery
Photo: 1904.CC, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Cimetière des Rois is a cemetery in Geneva, Switzerland. The cemetery is commonly named after la rue des Rois near which it is situated. The graveyard was established in 1482 for people who died from plague in the Middle Ages, during the second plague pandemic. Cimetière des Rois is situated 210 metres south of Place des Volontaires.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include La Jonction and Les Grottes.
Plainpalais
Suburb
Photo: Erdrokan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Plainpalais is a neighbourhood in Geneva, Switzerland, and a former municipality of the Canton of Geneva up to 1931.
Place des Volontaires
- Type: Square
- Also known as: “Volontaires”
- Category: locality
- Location: Geneva, Canton of Geneva, Western Switzerland, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.20401° or 46° 12′ 15″ northLongitude
6.1366° or 6° 8′ 12″ eastOpen location code
8FR8643P+JJOpenStreetMap ID
way 1512294584OpenStreetMap feature
place=square
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In Other Languages
“Place des Volontaires” goes by many names.
- French: “Place des Volontaires”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Place des Volontaires and autrement-aujourd’hui.
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