Reformation Wall, Geneva

The Reformation Wall is in the Park de Bastion in Geneva, Switzerland.

At the center of the monument are four 5 m-tall statues:

• Theodore Beza (1519–1605)
• John Calvin (1509–1564)
• William Farel (1489–1565)
• John Knox (c.1513–1572)

To the left (facing the Wall, ordered from left to right) of the central statues are 3 m-tall statues of:

• William the Silent (1533 – 1584)
• Gaspard de Coligny (1519–1572)
• Frederick William of Brandenburg (1620 – 1688)

To the right (ordered from left to right) are 3 m-tall statues of:

• Roger Williams (1603–1684)
• Oliver Cromwell (1599–1658)
• Stephen Bocskay (1557–1607)

Along the wall, to either side of the central statues, is engraved the motto of both the Reformation and Geneva: Post Tenebras Lux (Latin for After darkness, light). On the central statues’ pedestal is engraved a Christogram: ΙΗΣ.

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