Maison de Rousseau et de la Literature

Geneva


A 25-minute audiovisual display traces the troubled life of Geneva's greatest thinker, Jean-Jacques Rousseau. He was born in this house in 1712. The exhibition was closed for renovation at the time of research and is set to reopen in 2020.


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