Plainpalais


Plainpalais is a neighbourhood in Geneva, Switzerland, and a former municipality of the Canton of Geneva.
It is mentioned in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein in chapter 6, volume 1.
Argentine author Jorge Luis Borges' ashes are buried in the cemetery of Plainpalais.
The Plaine de Plainpalais is a large public square.
, 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.