Wilson Palace
The Palais Wilson is a building complex in Geneva that houses the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR). The building was built in 1873–1875 by Jacques-Elysée Goss on the right bank of Lake Geneva as the Hôtel National with 225 guest rooms. After it had been extensively rebuilt and modernized as a hotel by Marc Camoletti from 1905 to 1920 , it was bought by the League of Nations in September 1920 as the headquarters of its organization and was named Palais Wilson in 1924. A pavilion in a modern architectural style was added to it for the Geneva Disarmament Conference (1932–1934) (architect: Adolphe Guyonnet ). The League of Nations kept it as its seat until 1936 when it moved to the Palais des Nations . After that it was used in different ways, including by the canton of Geneva . After a long decline - two fires partially destroyed it - a loan for renovation was approved in 1993. The Palais Wilson has been the seat of the UNHCHR since 1998.
literature
- NN: Notice sur l'Hôtel National à Genève . In: A. Waldner (Ed.): Die Eisenbahn . tape 11 , no. 23 , 1879, p. 134; 136 , doi : 10.5169 / seals-7741 (French).
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Footnotes
- ↑ Gabriel Pichon, Stephane Peeren: Le Palais Wilson n'a pas toujours hébergé les Droits de l'homme. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 15, 2010 ; Retrieved April 1, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Inventory of recent Swiss architecture . Volume 4: Gilles Barbey, Armande Brulhart, Georg Germann: Delémont, Frauenfeld, Friborg, Genève, Glarus. Orell Füssli, Zurich 1982, ISBN 3-280-01398-4 , p. 367. ( online )
- ^ Projets controversés à Genève: l'avenir du Palais Wilson et des bains de Pâquis. doi: 10.5169 / seals-175324
Coordinates: 46 ° 12 '54.4 " N , 6 ° 9' 4.1" E ; CH1903: 500 648 / 119001