One of the principle sites to visit in Geneva is Saint Peter's Cathedral with the Chapel of the Maccabees.
Built between 1150 and 1230, St. Peter's Cathedral has Romanesque and Gothic features as well as a neoclassical monumental porch. The Chapel of the Maccabees, the first example of flamboyant Gothicism in Geneva, adjoins it. . . . St. Peter's Cathedral has had a particular spiritual significance since 1536, when it became a major centre of the Reformation under John Calvin.
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| Exterior |
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| Interior Nave |
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| Calvin's Chair |
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| Chapel of the Maccabees |
And for the best views of Geneva climb the towers (which are connected by a passage over the nave and under the structure of the metal steeple that houses the bells). They claim it is 157 steps. It was about 130 to the passage then you climb the north and south towers separately.
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