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Promenade de la Treille

A tree-lined terrace perched atop Geneva's old ramparts, home to what the city proudly calls the longest wooden bench in the world. From its shady walk you look down over the Parc des Bastions and out toward the distant peaks.

Sobre este lugar

The Promenade de la Treille is the green threshold between the Parc des Bastions below and the cobbled Old Town above, laid out around 1515 as a defensive platform along the city walls. Today its packed-gravel walk is shaded by a stately line of horse chestnut trees and lined by a continuous wooden bench that stretches an astonishing 120 metres. Genevans have gathered here for centuries to rest, to watch the boules players, and to take in the panorama of parks and rooftops that opens beneath the balustrade. The promenade also guards one of the city's most charming civic rituals: each spring an official of the cantonal parliament records the first bud of a particular chestnut tree here, a tradition that has quietly measured the arrival of the season since the early nineteenth century.

Datos clave

120 metres — Length of the promenade's continuous wooden bench, widely claimed as the longest in the world
1818 year — Since this year an official has recorded the first bud of the chestnut tree to mark the start of spring
1515 year — The terrace was first laid out as a defensive platform on the city's ramparts

📍 Promenade de la Treille, 1204, Genève

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