Damato (DDE 871) - Naval Cruise Book

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R HI EFERRED to as the Oasis of Europe this country is not only a real democracy but in itself a way of living. The traveller finds within its confines and borders an aura of contentment that swells the soul. Switzerland is felt by the tourist. Our tour brings us to the City of Geneva men- tioned in the Commentaries of Julius Caesar in the year 58 B. C. She has always had a democratic constitution and stuck with it even through the battles waged against the Dukes of Savoy. Under Calvin ' s influence she became in the sixteenth century, the center of Protestant- ism. In 1814 Geneva became the twenty- second and last Canton of the Swiss Con- federation. ROCHE DE NAYE Home of the International Red Cross, founded at the end of the nineteenth century, she became the seat of the League of Nations in 1920 and is now the European Home of the United Nations Or- ganization. Also quartered in Geneva is the seat of the International Labor Office, the World Health Institute and about eighty more interna- tional organizations. Leaving Geneva for a trip into the Alps we drive along the shore of the beautiful Lake Geneva through the cities of Lausanne and

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Montreux to Glion which is at an altitude of 700 meters. From there we start our 9.5 kilo- meter climb by cable car to the heights of Rocher de Naye (2045 meters) high above the clouds. Peering down through the snowy white billows we can see the treeline which is so dramatically portrayed in a photograph on the opposite page. On our return to Geneva we pause for a moment to view the Chateau de Chillon, the Castle of the Prisoner of Chillon eulogized so beautifully by Lord Byron. Back in Geneva we visit the United Nations Buildings and the City Hall wherein is located the room in which the League of Nations was founded. EUROPEAN HOME OF THE UNITED NATIONS IN GENEVA FORMERLY THE SEAT OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS