Calvinium

{{Short description|Building for events in Geneva, Switzerland}}

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The Calvinium or the Salle de la Réformation was a building for events in Geneva, at the corner of Rue du Rhône and Boulevard Helvétique. It was demolished in 1969 and replaced by a building which now houses the South African consulate. The building, built in honor of John Calvin, was built by Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubigné.{{Cite journal |last=Weibel |first=Luc |date=2006 |title=Un rêve de Merle Aubigné : la Salle de la Réformation à Genève |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/24309047 |journal=Bulletin de la Société de l'Histoire du Protestantisme Français (1903-2015) |volume=152 |pages=245–263 |issn=0037-9050}}

[https://www.protestinfo.ch/200601233395/3395-geneve-a-mis-long-avant-dhonorer-la-memoire-de-calvin.html Genève a mis long avant d'honorer la mémoire de Calvin] 23 janvier 2006

The first meeting of the assembly of the League of Nations took place at the building on 15 November 1920.{{cite book|last=Weibel|first=Luc|title=Croire à Genève: la Salle de la Réformation (XIXe-XXe siècle)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IohT8rcrJfsC&pg=PA101|year=2006|publisher=Labor et Fides|isbn=978-2-8309-1193-0|pages=101–}} The Calvinium was also the venue for the World Economic Conference of May 1927.{{cite web |website=Twitter |date={{date|2019/09/05}} |title=#Geneva has been at the heart of modern multilateralism for 100 years |author=United Nations Geneva |url=https://twitter.com/UNGeneva/status/1126471217777659905}}

The Illés Relief was housed in the building for 42 years, being moved out to make way for the League of Nations.