SwitzerlandSchweizer Geschichte 16 · Swiss history
In which city did the reformer John Calvin (Johannes Calvin) work, a city therefore also called the “Protestant Rome”?
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In welcher Stadt wirkte der Reformator Johannes Calvin, die man deshalb auch «protestantisches Rom» nannte?
- aGenevaGenfCorrect answer
- bLucerneLuzern
- cLuganoLugano
- dFribourgFreiburg
Why?
John Calvin worked in Geneva (Genf) from 1536, with one interruption, until his death in 1564. The city became a centre of the Reformed faith in Europe.
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