by schmidtleo | Dec 12, 2025
More Than Just a Pot of Soup Every Genevan knows the story of the Escalade. On a frigid December night in 1602, the Duke of Savoy’s commandos scaled the city walls in a surprise attack. Legend paints a simple, heroic picture: a brave citizenry roused from sleep,...
by schmidtleo | Jul 7, 2025
A tense summer in Geneva Today, we revisit a significant episode in Geneva’s history, which took place exactly 423 years ago, on July 7, 1602. At that time, Geneva was in the midst of extreme tensions with Savoy, on the eve of the Escalade. On that day, after...
by schmidtleo | Mar 4, 2025
Geneva’s military organization at the time of the Escalade battle In 1602, the city’s defense is the main concern of its leaders. The military organization, which had been thoroughly revised in 1574, is based on a bourgeois militia divided into four...
by schmidtleo | Jan 22, 2025
In Geneva: 1602, every place, event and character is inspired by historical sources. This commitment to realism doesn’t even spare the game’s protagonist, who called himself captain La Rudesse. Bernardin Monneret – for that was his real name –...
by schmidtleo | Dec 12, 2024
Today, December 12nd, we celebrate the Escalade! However, the famous battle took place on the night of December 21st to 22nd… This confusion of dates is explained by the switch from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar. However, the longest night of the...
