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Victoria Hall (Geneva)
The Victoria Hall is a concert hall in Geneva, Switzerland. History The Victoria Hall was built in 1891–1894 by the architect John Camoletti and financed by the British consul, Daniel Fitzgerald Packenham Barton, who dedicated it to Queen Victoria and gifted it to the City of Geneva in 1904. On 16 September 1984, the building was partly destroyed by a fire. The decorative paintings by Ernest Biélier were destroyed. It was rebuilt, and the paintings were replaced by a contemporary work by Dominique Appia. Description The main entrance is facing east. The auditorium has three layers: The parterre and two layers of balconies. A monumental pipe organ occupies the back of the stage. The original pipe organ was destroyed during the 1984-fire and rebuilt in 1993. The hall is mainly used for classical music concerts, but it also hosts performers in song, jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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, neighboring_municipalities= Carouge, Chêne-Bougeries, Cologny, Lancy, Grand-Saconnex, Pregny-Chambésy, Vernier, Veyrier , website = https://www.geneve.ch/ Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevra ; rm, Genevra is the second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and the most populous city of Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland. Situated in the south west of the country, where the Rhône exits Lake Geneva, it is the capital of the Republic and Canton of Geneva. The city of Geneva () had a population 201,818 in 2019 (Jan. estimate) within its small municipal territory of , but the Canton of Geneva (the city and its closest Swiss suburbs and exurbs) had a population of 499,480 (Jan. 2019 estimate) over , and together with the suburbs and exurbs located in the canton of Vaud and in the French departments of Ain and Haute-Savoie the cross-border Geneva metropolitan area as officially defined by Eurostat, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
