Map: from Here and Afar

Map: from Here and Afar

practical information between work and leisure • Municipal information point www.ville-ge.ch 1, pont de la Machine, phone 022 311 99 70 This walk takes you along the history of a mighty river which has followed its own inclinations over time. Crossing • " Plan Piétons " www.ville-ge.ch/plan-pietons Ville de boundaries, the river Arve has undoubtedly played a forceful Carouge • City of Carouge www.carouge.ch part in the region's historical, urban and industrial From here • Commune of Veyrier www.veyrier.ch development. • Sports Department, City of Geneva www.ville-ge.ch/sports/sports.htm Commune and afar La Jonction - the junction of the Arve and the Rhône Vessy Bridge For 9 km, the meandering Arve will lead you from la Jonction de Veyrier • Canoe, rafting, kayak phone 022 784 02 05 www.rafting-loisirs.ch 4 26 (the Junction) to the border between France and Switzerland. • All about sports www.vive-le-sport.ch Footbridge of the Bois-de-la-Bâtie The energy of the perpetually roaring waters evoke both work P • Public transportation (TPG) phone 022 308 34 34 www.tpg.ch and leisure, which have always attracted inhabitants and ont de la Coulouvreniè école • Taxi phone 022 331 41 33 travellers to these shores. The river bed yielded gold, sand e -Jean rr and fish, the waters powered mills, but were also used for Saint école e ue de -T • Weather report phone 162 R s u S o washing or enjoyed for bathing and day-dreaming. de école ue alaises R r des F ie re Sent e The tumultuous and unpredictable ways of the Arve hindered ôn erre Rh Canoë, T u Le Rhône uai d industrial development, which little by little gave way to leisure rafting ont de Q 11 / D P 10-20 Sous- e t activities. As the land available in the centre of town became 2-22 / 32 ts rui on T P école n 2 - a x o too scarce for sports-fields, the river banks were turned into l i u t e e c D d T.P.G. n o 1 recreation areas, and the Arve came to be associated with e J Rond-Point de u Avenue de la Jonction Boulevard Saint-Georges a l la Jonction R skate ns 3 école s i park sporting activities. The floating trunks of the 17th century have a e d 4 de Passerelle e B t n u e s o d become canoes, kayaks and rafts in the 20th century, manned R e oute du Bois-de-la- R til P d es d Pénic Bâtie lo hes -C e te u Vessy Sports Centre - La Grande Fin by sports enthusiasts eager for excitement. in R a 11 Pont de Jonction S l 11 / D i 12-13 27 10-20 Saint-Georges nue 1-4-32 B Ma ve o 2-22 école A ul Plaine The Television tower ev du This walk crosses three municipalities of the canton of Geneva a de r e y 5 d C Plainpalais arl- enu - Geneva, Carouge and Veyrier - yet you won't be aware of it anc v h Firmenich V o A 14 C L'Arve 9 gt Musée e d'ethnographie for the river takes no heed of borders and territorial d s Sciences II e t e 6 Qu 10 ne Bois-de-la- u n i boundaries. It wasn't always like this. Over the centuries, u c ai école e Ro e E d Bâtie J rn 11 é s e M Geneva, Sardinia, Spain, Savoy, France and Switzerland e s t e d Centre sportif de A Radio et d école ns e e télévision le 1-32 t la Queue d'Arve rm o battled to establish their dominion over this area and change u Chemin de e Ecole de c o t E la Gravière 7 Médecine l' Footbridge leading to the R Arsenal BETWEEN WORK AND LEISURE de Annexe of the Ethnography the boundaries in their favour, with the Arve at stake. Legend 13 e cantonal 29 u R 12 Museum école Passerelle has it that during the night of 11 and 12 December 1602, the – 8 de l'Ecole- R de-Médecine troops of Savoy were able to advance right up to the walls of ue 15 F Centre sportif d'Arve ra ont n des Vernets rf Qu u P ço d Geneva thanks to the river, which covered their noise. i do ai Uni Mail rd s s a D il de v u s le ss W V u a . er o u B d H ne 4-1-32 e ts This assault, defeated thanks to the valiant resistance of the Ru Caserne Acacias Pont des Acacias 16 inhabitants of Geneva and annually celebrated as l'Escalade Ecole Hugo- de-Senger Slide of the Carouge swimming pool (Fontenette) (the Scaling of the Walls), is now only a distant memory. Qu 20 s Rather than a barrier, the Arve today is a link in the Franco- a ai ci Ch ca s A e s i e a r Genevan basin. d Q rle e t e u o ute n s o i a n l i R i P o Inside the Mail University building L'Arve r d age 11 M 11 u s Ca C e école h e d e u école Rue Villette Waste Water Treatment Plant v R a e swimming pool, tennis, football, to learn more… swimming pool, l g B u tennis, , beach volley, 31 skating rink l o R école r bowling-greens, a u sports ground n a e c e football C s e i Brulhart, Armand et Erica Deuber-Pauli (1993), Ville et canton u • l a t de r r C e d e e s b a e u l u o de Genève, Berne, Benteli, coll. Arts et monuments, 2e l' A La Parfumerie, the theatre next to the Théâtre du Loup R e A R GENEVA ON FOOT s école d ub i a Hôpital e l u d é o r édition. g p e Beau-Séjour L Sierne Bridge u a i d ro v n e a e u C e e 3 de l école n t u u on P 17 Q e P u o n v r a e A Place Place de o i B v • Corboz, André (1968), Invention de Carouge : 1772-1792, m Ca d'Arme l'Octroi po d A 11 en 'Istria Tour de a nette d e Champel Lausanne, Payot. e d t es n 21 Or Noie-tes- o C Cité pa F h La Grande Fin illeurs Puces am bowling-greens, sports a Universitaire l pe Promena l • Mayor, Jean-Claude (1995) Bestiaire genevois, Genève, ground, climbing wall, A 18 e de d - es O le badminton, rink-hockey, v d Cimetière juif rp s 27 e t 20 a - n il B cycle-racing track, skittles ue n de Carouge le Slatkine. C u a école a o r r r i din P 19 s n e a Centre sportif de Fontenette s i l- Crêts de t M er Passage 22 Centre sportif 7 u mil des Tireur a lod s de Sable Champel de Vessy V • Mayor, Jean-Claude (1986), Carouge de A à Z, Genève, e u La Fontenette R Slatkine. Veyrier Place du Rue de Marché R e o t u Carouge t te • Santschi, Catherine (sous la direction de) (1990), Veyrier, e d n Po e e nt R F t 23 d oute lo e du Ferme ris Veyrier, Commune de Veyrier. on V Service des a B sa F l d o Vecchio n automobiles et de la 'Arv u t a t l e - navigation d pictograms R Home u de o - 11 ve u Val Fleuri M e r te 'A o u d d tram 12-13 al e n R V Ile aux Castors d e V i e e d Station de traitement n for another point of view… e Ile Brocher s i ut s r 8 Ro y de l'eau d'Arve d n 24 28 le Children's sports ground a 26 C • Département de l'intérieur, de l'agriculture, de l'environnement Centre sportif du in école m Musée Bout-du-Monde Pont de Vessy sy he d'ethnographie et de l'énergie (2000), L'Arve : une rivière prenant sa source Telephone es C Centre sportif V V (annexe) essy s de Pinchat e d e dans la combe de la Balme, massif du Mont-Blanc, et se jetant t h n c a n Station d'épuration Restroom 25 N o de Villette (STEP) dans le Rhône, Genève, DIAE, coll. Fiche-rivières, 7. C e n e r d e tir à l'arc tennis i 31 Usine de n pompage i S Commune de Veyrier (1988), L'Arve, rivière : cette méconnue Beverages m • e e de Vessy d h 32 t L'Arve C n [exposition], Veyrier, Comité de la Mansarde. y s 29 o Pinchat s P Public Transportation (TPG) e V Vita 41-45 Maison de retraite e d trac k t de Vessy Z Queue d'Arve Sports Centre e o a n h ut e Mouettes Genevoises passenger ferry c s d n in Ro i e P e Genève d s the pedestrian plan collection P Bois E 22 e Canoë, en temps-piétons 8-34 t d a R rafting n n o (à raison de 5km/h) i ute de Ve Sierne g Car park yrier 41 s m This itinerary is part of the Pedestrian Plan collection of walks 33 d e R e h o s î C r u le conceived by the Planning Office of the City of Geneva.

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