Monument Michel Servet, Memorial stele in Champel, Geneva, Switzerland

Monument Michel Servet is a menhir-shaped stone stele at the junction of Avenue de la Roseraie and Avenue de Beau-Séjour in Champel, near where the pyre stood. Its front inscription, written by Calvin biographer Émile Doumergue, presents the monument as an expiatory act by "respectful and grateful sons of Calvin"; the reverse, added later, records that Michel Servet of Villeneuve d'Aragon was born on 29 September 1511 and died on the pyre at Champel on 27 October 1553. A statue was inaugurated beside the stele on 3 October 2011.

The 1903 stele was a counter-monument: Genevan Reformed circles blocked a freethinkers' memorial proposed at their 1902 congress by Spanish atheist Pompeyo Gener, and instead raised a stone whose front inscription, written by Calvin's biographer Émile Doumergue, asks pardon for an error "of its century" without naming Servet. His name and dates were added on the back only later.

The front inscription, written by Calvin's biographer Émile Doumergue, asks pardon for an error "that was that of his century" and never names Servet; his name and dates appear only on the back. The stone thus records a Calvinist expiation rather than a homage, and the street behind it is named Rue Michel-Servet.

The stele stands at the junction of Avenue de la Roseraie and Avenue de Beau-Séjour, where the Rue Michel-Servet begins, a short walk from the Plateau de Champel. The front inscription faces the street; the dates of Servet's birth and death are carved on the back, so walk around the stone to read both.

The 1903 stele is a menhir-shaped stone whose front inscription, written by Calvin biographer Émile Doumergue, never names Servet and asks pardon for an error "that was that of his century". Servet's name, birth date of 29 September 1511 and burning on 27 October 1553 appear only on the reverse, added later.