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Geneva is located between the Alps and the Jura mountains, at the extreme south-west of Switzerland and the Lake Geneva. The Rhône and the Arve are the main rivers crossing Geneva. It is a town of Arts and Culture. Its numerous museums and libraries, the Opera, the Orchestra of the Suisse romande have largely contributed to its development.For nearly twenty years they have been new cultural centres which have been created from old uninhabited buildings, some of which are now preserved as monuments, like the Halles de l'Ile, l'Usine, la Maison des Arts du Grütli. |