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Brunswick Monument
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Distinguished linguist, outstanding horseman and musician, Charles d'Este-Guelph, Duke of Brunswick, WAS aussi Paranoiac and eccentric.
Born in 1804, and Dethroned Chased from country history in 1830, ET Took refuge in Paris. A talented investor, ET amassed a fortune Tremendous there.
Spent the last goal ET Three Years of His Life in Geneva, died in 1873 ET Where, leaving the city a tidy sum of money.
One of the specified terms of His Will That It Was to build "a mausoleum in a year and Worthy eminent location, the ESTABLISHED According To Executed concept by the finest artists of the time, Without consideration of cost".
This Was done, on the superb site Along the quay, on the Square des Alpes. As the Duke HAD Stipulated, the monument Is An exact replica of the family tomb in Verona Scaliger, Italy, work of the 14th century.
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