Carouge

About this audio guide

This guide to Carouge in Geneva turns on an eighteenth-century king's plan to beat a city he couldn't conquer by force. You'll hear how Victor Amadeus the Third of Sardinia built a rival town of open trade and free worship right across the river from Geneva's gates, and about the Italian architects who shaped its courtyards and grid streets. Best heard standing in the market square, looking for the passageways into hidden gardens.