# Geneva

> International City · EST. 1815 · JET D'EAU 140 M

The fountain began as a safety valve on the city's hydraulic network and was kept for its appearance. Five hundred litres a second, to a height of a hundred and forty metres. The Bureau approves of works that outlive their purpose. The city entered the Confederation in 1815, long after it had finished being a republic of its own. The register carries the later date because it is the one that can be documented, and notes that Geneva was old before it was Swiss.

## Sourced figures

- **jet**: 140 m — source: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_d'eau_de_Genève (consulted 13/08/2026)
- **established**: 1815, Geneva joins the Confederation — source: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genève (consulted 18/08/2026)

## Reference image

- print: Jet d'eau May 2024
- by: Albinfo
- held by: Wikimedia Commons
- licence: CC0
- file: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jet_d'eau_May_2024.jpg

## Where to buy

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