Geneva Escalade Festival
Inaugurated in 1978, the ‘Escalade’ race in Geneva, a sort of Romande version of the city marathons that have sprung up around the world, is named after the 1602 Escalade, a defining event in Geneva history when the Genevans repelled an attack from the Duke of Savoy.
‘Escalade’ means ‘scaling’ and every year in December Geneva [...]
