During the night of December 11-12, 1602, the city of Geneva was attacked by Savoyard soldiers, who attempted to scale the city ramparts. The Duke of Savoy, who had lost his former possession of Geneva, was trying to reclaim it. The battle was severe, but the people of Geneva valiantly defended their city. The most famous expression of the people's solidarity is the soup kettle thrown onto the head of an invader by Catherine Cheynel, wife of Pierre Royaume and affectionately known to posterity as Mère Royaume. Furthermore Lady Piaget threw her keys to the defenders of Geneva so that they could counterattack the assailants from outside the inner city wall.
In the years following, the people of Geneva have remembered and celebrated this victory. A large, torchbearing procession dressed in period costumes proceeds through the streets of the old city along both banks of the Rhone. Historic and legendary figures like Mere Royaume, armed with her pot, are always present.
Pictures from the years before can be found here [click]
In the years following, the people of Geneva have remembered and celebrated this victory. A large, torchbearing procession dressed in period costumes proceeds through the streets of the old city along both banks of the Rhone. Historic and legendary figures like Mere Royaume, armed with her pot, are always present.
Pictures from the years before can be found here [click]
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