3-D animations |
ca. 400 BC |
Prehistoric burial mound |
170-100 BC |
Tomb of an Allobrogian chieftain |
70 BC-10 AD |
New roads; Temple, dwelling, mausoleum |
10-20 AD |
The roman city; Commemorative building |
50-200 AD |
Fire in the cathedral district; Urban reorganisation; Pax Romana |
150 AD |
Commemorative terrace |
200-390 AD |
End of the early Roman Empire; The civitas, an administrative centre |
4th century |
Christian oratory |
4th-6th century |
The first cathedral; A baptistery and two cathedrals; Extension of the north cathedral |
4th century |
Wooden building; Church of relics |
6th-8th century |
The episcopal group; The third cathedral |
9th-11th century |
A single cathedral; The exterior crypt and cloister |
12th century |
The Romanesque cathedral |
17th century-2006 |
Saint-Pierre Cathedral; The present cathedral |
3-D images |
1150 BC |
Prehistoric burial mound |
170-120 BC |
Protohistoric settlement |
ca. 100 BC |
Tomb of an Allobrogian chieftain |
ca. 100 BC |
Burial enclosure |
70-40 BC |
New roads |
40 BC - 10 AD |
Temple, dwelling, mausoleum |
40 BC |
Mausoleum |
40 BC |
Interior of the mausoleum |
10-40 |
The roman city |
10-40 |
The roman city |
17 |
Commemorative building |
50-60 |
Fire destroys this part of the city |
130-200 |
The Roman Peace |
150 AD |
Commemorative terrace |
200-275 |
End of the early Roman Empire |
275-350 |
The civitas, an administrative centre |
4th century |
Wooden building |
4th century |
Church of relics |
ca. 350 AD |
Christian oratory |
ca. 350 AD |
Christian oratory |
ca. 380 AD |
The first cathedral |
ca. 380 AD |
The first cathedral |
5th century |
A baptistery and two cathedrals |
6th century |
Extension of the north cathedral |
6th-7th century |
The episcopal group |
7th-8th century |
The east cathedral |
9th-10th century |
A single cathedral |
11th century |
The exterior crypt and cloister |
12th century |
The Romanesque cathedral |
16th-17th century |
Saint-Pierre Cathedral |
16th-17th century |
Saint-Pierre Cathedral |
drawings |
3rd-4th century |
Wheat processing |
4th century |
Walls built in "opus africanus" |
4th century |
The monk's cells |
4th-6th century |
Doorway of the north cathedral |
5th-6th century |
Teaching in the south cathedral |
5th century |
Liturgical furnishings of the choir |
5th century |
The bishop's reception hall |
5th century |
The mosaic pavement |
6th century |
Baptism |
7th-8th century |
The east cathedral |
7th-8th century |
Liturgical furnishings in the east cathedral |
11th-12th century |
A cathedral on three levels |
11th-12th century |
The Romanesque crypt |
13th century |
The Gothic cloister |
15th century |
Mould of the "Clémence" |
interviews |
2006 |
What is archaeozoology? Interview with L. Chaix (extract) |
2006 |
The archaeological excavation. Interview with G. Martignago & F. Cuénod (extract) |
2006 |
Stucco ornamentation. Interview with I. Plan (extract) |
2006 |
The emergence of Christian churches. Interview with J.-F. Reynaud (extract) |
2006 |
What does an archaeologist do? Interview with C. Bonnet (extract) |
2006 |
What does a museum designer do? Interview with M. Etter (extract) |
2006 |
Late antiquity and the early middle ages. Interview with N. Gautier (extract) |
perspectives |
4th century |
The baptistery - 4th century state |
9th-11th century |
The episcopal group |
9th-11th century |
The north cathedral |
5th-6th century |
Plan and section of the water supply to the baptisteries |
5th century |
The baptistery - 5th century state |
5th-10th century |
The south cathedral |
6th century |
The baptistery - 6th century state |
7th-8th century |
The baptistery - 7th-8th century state |
7th-8th century |
The east cathedral in the 7th-8th centuries |
11th-12th century |
The 11th-century cathedral |
12th century |
The Romanesque crypt |
photos |
2nd century BC-4th century AD |
History of Geneva from the 2nd century BC to the 4th century AD |
2nd century BC-4th century AD |
Models and simulations of Geneva in the Roman period |
100 BC |
Tomb of an Allobrogian chieftain |
100 BC |
Tomb of an Allobrogian chieftain |
100 BC |
Tomb of an Allobrogian chieftain |
1st century BC to 6th century |
Some Roman-era objects found on the site |
1st century BC to 1st century AD |
Some Roman-era objects found on the site |
1st century |
Model of Geneva in the 1st century AD - detail |
1st century |
The wall of a large, 1st-century residence, probably belonging to a governor of the city |
3rd-4th century |
Floor of a room used to store and dry wheat, 3rd-4th centuries |
4th century |
Facsimile of a 12-sided roman dice from the 4th century |
4th-11th century |
Model of the episcopal group showing the north, south and east cathedrals and the baptisteries |
4th-11th century |
Model of the episcopal group showing the north, south and east cathedrals and the baptisteries |
4th-6th century |
Threshold of the north cathedral |
4th-11th century |
Model of the episcopal group showing the north, south and east cathedrals and the baptisteries |
4th-6th century |
Stratigraphical cross-section of the floor of the north cathedral |
4th-11th century |
Model of the episcopal group - detail |
4th-6th century |
Model of the north cathedral |
4th-6th century |
Baptistery area |
4th-6th century |
Model of the north cathedral - detail |
4th-6th century |
Baptismal font |
4th century |
Small houses where monks lived were built against the wall of the north cathedral |
4th-6th century |
Baptismal font |
4th century |
Floor heating in the monks' cells |
6th century |
Model of Geneva in the 4th century |
6th century |
Geneva in the 4th century, after a drawing by G. Deuber (1992) |
IVe siècle |
Detail of the model: the cathedral of Geneva in the 4th century |
6th century |
Model and map of 6th-century Geneva |
6th century |
Geneva in the 6th century |
5th century |
Detail of the mosaic floor |
5th century |
Remains of the mosaic pavement |
5th century |
View of the successive extensions of the north cathedral |
5th century |
Remains of the mosaic pavement |
5th century |
Model of the bishop's reception |
Ve siècle |
Overall view of the floor of the bishop's reception hall, 5th century |
5th century |
Detail of the mosaic floor |
Ve siècle |
Mosaic pavement in the bishop's reception - detail |
7th-8th century |
The east cathedral, 7th-8th centuries |
7th-8th century |
Decorated chancel, behind which there was a venerated tomb |
7th-8th century |
Sculpted stone from the east cathedral |
7th-8th century |
Remains of liturgical furnishings from the east cathedral |
7th-8th century |
Model of the east cathedral |
7th-8th century |
Model of the east cathedral - detail |
11th century |
Remains of the 11th-century cathedral in the central area |
11th century |
View of the nave of the 11th-century cathedral |
11th century |
Model of the 11th-century cathedral |
XIe siècle |
View from within the nave of the 11th-century cathedral |
12th century |
The 12th-century Romanesque crypt |
12th century |
The 12th-century Romanesque crypt |
12th century |
The 12th-century Romanesque crypt |
12th century |
The 12th-century Romanesque crypt |
12th century |
Sculpted stone reused in the Romanesque crypt |
1976 |
Digging begins under the Chapelle des Macchabées |
1976-2006 |
Film presenting the archaeological excavations of Geneva |
1976-2006 |
Film presenting the archaeological excavations of Geneva |
1978 |
Demolition of a 19th-century heating plant under the cathedral |
1978 |
Demolition of a 19th-century heating plant under the cathedral |
1978 |
Excavation of ecclesiastics' tombs |
1978 |
Excavation of ecclesiastics' tombs |
1978-1979 |
The baptismal fonts are excavated |
1978-1979 |
Remains of a circular Romanesque crypt |
1978-1979 |
The excavations under the floor of the present cathedral |
1978-1979 |
The excavations under the floor of the present cathedral |
1979 |
A room with a 5th-century mosaic is uncovered |
1979 |
A room with a 5th-century mosaic is uncovered |
1980 |
Monumental doorway of the Carolingian cathedral |
1980-1981 |
Successive apses of the north cathedral |
1981 |
Open day |
1981 |
Excavation of Maison Mallet |
1983 |
Excavation of the tombs of the former cemetery of Sainte-Croix |
1984-1985 |
Building of the exhibition space within the site |
1984-1985 |
A 4th century butcher's shop is discovered |
1988-1989 |
A bronzesmith's workshop is discovered |
1407 |
Imprint left by the moulding of the great bell, |
1988-1989 |
a bronzesmith's workshop is discovered |
1989 |
Final excavations of the second stage |
1989 |
The roof slab is set into place |
1992-1993 |
Excavation of stuccos from the 7th-century north cathedral |
1992-1993 |
excavation of stuccos from the 7th-century north cathedral |
2000-2001 |
An Allobrogian tomb (120 BC) is discovered |
20th century |
Model of the cathedral |
2003 |
Excavation of a sarcophagus |
2005-2006 |
New exhibition design and opening of the present site |
2006 |
Bookshop |
2006 |
The façade of Saint-Pierre Cathedral |
2006 |
Audiovisual show |
2006 |
Selection of publications |
2006 |
3-D simulation of the evolution of the site from the 4th to the 21st century |
2006 |
Postcards |
2006 |
3-D simulation of the evolution of the site from the 4th to the 21st century |
2006 |
Model of the north cathedral |
2006 |
Saint-Pierre Cathedral square |
2006 |
Model of the north cathedral - detail |
2006 |
Entrance to the archaeological site |
2006 |
Audio tour |
2006 |
Entrance to the archaeological site |
2006 |
Ticket counter |
2006 |
Visitors in the archaeological site |
2006 |
Visitors in the archaeological site |
2006 |
Open day, December 2006 |
2006 |
Light animation of the main areas of the archaeological site |
2006 |
Film about the 30 years of archaeological excavations, with C. Bonnet |
2006 |
Central area, film presentation |
2006 |
Visitors to the archaeological site |
2006 |
Model of the archaeological site |
2006 |
Central area within the archaeological site |
2006 |
Saint-Pierre Cathedral square and entrance to the archaeological site |
2006 |
Model of the archaeological site |
2006 |
Interactive computer stations: 7 specialists discuss the archaeological site |
2006 |
Central area, reading corner |
2006 |
Saint-Pierre Cathedral |
2006 |
The façade of Saint-Pierre Cathedral |
2006 |
Model of the archaeological site |
2006 |
Central area within the archaeological site |
2006 |
Entrance and shop |
2006 |
Saint-Pierre Cathedral and Lake Geneva |
2006 |
Model of the archaeological site - detail |
2006 |
Reading corner |
2007 |
The present cathedral |
recordings |
5th century |
The bishop's reception hall - Italian |
5th century |
The bishop's reception hall - Spanish |
5th century |
The bishop's reception hall - Japanese |
5th century |
The bishop's reception hall - French |
5th century |
The bishop's reception hall - German |
5th century |
The bishop's reception hall - English |
7th-8th century |
The east cathedral - Italian |
7th-8th century |
The east cathedral - Spanish |
7th-8th century |
The east cathedral - Japanese |
7th-8th century |
The east cathedral - French |
7th-8th century |
The east cathedral - German |
7th-8th century |
The east cathedral - English |
2006 |
General presentation of the archaeological site - Spanish |
2006 |
General presentation of the archaeological site - Japanese |
2006 |
General presentation of the archaeological site - French |
2006 |
General presentation of the archaeological site - German |
2006 |
General presentation of the archaeological site - English |
2006 |
General presentation of the archaeological site - Italian |
texts |
2nd century BC - 3rd century AD |
The Allobrogian fortified settlement of Geneva |
3rd-4th century |
Wheat processing |
4th-6th century |
Door of the north cathedral |
4th century |
Walls built in “opus africanus” |
4th–5th century |
From diocese to capital |
6th-11th century |
From the Burgundians to the Holy Roman Empire |
4th-11th century |
The episcopal group - A constantly evolving architectural complex |
4th-11th century |
The episcopal group - A constantly evolving architectural complex |
4th-6th century |
The north cathedral - An architectural achievement of the 4th-6th centuries |
4th-8th century |
A succession of baptisteries - An evolving architectural form |
4th-6th century |
The north cathedral - An architectural achievement of the 4th-6th centuries |
5th-6th century |
The water supply of the baptisteries |
5th-10th century |
The south cathedral - The second cathedral in the episcopal group |
5th-10th century |
Teaching in the south cathedral |
5th century |
The liturgical furnishings of the choir |
5th century |
The bishop's reception hall |
5th century |
The mosaic pavement |
4th century |
Monks’ cells |
6th century |
Baptism |
7th-8th century |
The east cathedral in the 7th-8th century - A church dedicated to the worship of relics |
7th-8th century |
The east cathedral |
7th-8th century |
Liturgical furnishings of the east cathedral |
11th-12th century |
A cathedral on three levels |
11th-12th century |
The 11th century cathedral - A monumental Romanesque church |
11th-12th century |
The Romanesque crypt |
12th-14th century |
The bishops of Geneva and the House of Savoy |
13th century |
The Gothic cloister |
14th-15th century |
The end of the wars |
15th century |
Mould of the great bell “La Clémence” |
15th century – 16th century |
The Reformation |
1976 - 2006 |
Discovering of a remarkable site - The excavation of Saint-Pierre Cathedral |
1976 - 2006 |
Discovering of a remarkable site - The excavation of Saint-Pierre Cathedral |