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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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Address: Mur des Réformateurs, Promenade de la Treille, Cité
Geneva
Geneva
1204
Switzerland

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