Place Category: Outdoor MarkerPlace Tags: John Calvins Geneva Protestant Reformation
From Wikipedia:
At the centre of the monument, four 5-metre-tall (16 ft) statues of Calvinism’s main proponents are depicted:
- William Farel (1489–1565)
- John Calvin (1509–1564)
- Theodore Beza (1519–1605)
- John Knox (c.1513–1572)
To the left (facing the Wall, ordered from left to right) of the central statues are 3-metre-tall (9.8 ft) statues of:
- Frederick William of Brandenburg (1620–1688)
- William the Silent (1533–1584)
- Gaspard de Coligny (1519–1572)
To the right (ordered from left to right) are 3-metre-tall (9.8 ft) statues of:
- Roger Williams (1603–1684)
- Oliver Cromwell (1599–1658)
- Stephen Bocskai (1557–1606)
Along the wall, to either side of the central statues, is engraved the motto of both the Reformation and Geneva: Post Tenebras Lux (Latin for After darkness, light). On the central statues’ pedestal is engraved a Christogram: ΙΗΣ.
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