St. Pierre Cathedral, Geneva

Why go

This record is the cathedral church; the Maccabees Chapel has its own Wikidata item, and the archaeological site beneath the cathedral and the International Museum of the Reformation are visited with it but are not the record. The cathedral foundation's introduction page (in French) says construction of the present cathedral was begun in the 12th century by Arducius de Faucigny, the first prince-bishop of Geneva, that the mass was abolished in August 1535 and the cathedral given to Protestant worship, and that the building has belonged to the Protestant Church of Geneva since the separation of Church and State in 1907. The foundation's archaeological-site page says the remains of earlier churches beneath it go back to the 4th century, and the City of Geneva's page says the north tower is climbed by 157 steps. The foundation's practical page says guided tours and school visits are by reservation only, and it sells tickets for the towers and for the archaeological site.