Cité-centre

Cité-centre is an administrative term for the city center of Geneva, Switzerland.

Cité-centre
Rue du Marché
Cité-centre
Cité-centre
Coordinates: 46°12′10″N 6°9′0″E
CountrySwitzerland
CantonGeneva
CityGeneva

Geography

Part of the administrative sector of Genève-Cité, the Cité-centre district is divided into four main parts:

  • the upper town or Cité: located on the hill overlooking Geneva and dominated by the silhouette of Saint-Pierre cathedral
  • the lower town: the district of Rues basse and Rive which regroup the main shopping streets (rue de la Confédération, rue du Marché, rue de la Croix-d'Or, rue de Rive, rue du Rhône, etc.) as well as some of the oldest squares in the city (Molard, Fusterie and Longemalle)
  • the districts of Tranchées and Saint-Léger located at the site of the ancient eastern fortifications of Geneva
  • Hollande's banking district and the one surrounding Parc des Bastions

The old town of Geneva, which constituted the medieval fortified city, is made up of Cité-centre and the district of Saint-Gervais. Cité-center occupies the left bank of the Rhône, and Saint-Gervais the right bank.[1]

References
  1. Genève, Cité : morphologie et fortification (Inventaire des monuments d'art et d'histoire) Archived 2007-10-12 at the Wayback Machine.


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