Fusterie church, Protestant church in Genève-Cité, Switzerland.
Fusterie church is a baroque Protestant place of worship in the Genève-Cité district built in the early 1700s with three wooden doors across its front and a metal bell tower. The interior follows a rectangular layout with a gallery suspended by sixteen columns and contains a large organ.
The building was constructed between 1713 and 1715 with funding from Geneva banker Jean-Antoine Lullin to serve French Huguenot refugees fleeing religious persecution. This period marked an important moment when the city welcomed religious exiles looking for safe harbor.
The name 'Fusterie' comes from the coopers who once worked in this area, reflecting the neighborhood's artisan heritage. Today the interior with its supporting columns and the organ, which has been replaced multiple times since the mid-1700s, shows how the congregation organized its gatherings.
The building sits in the heart of the old town at Place de la Fusterie 18 and is easily accessible on foot. Today it operates as Espace Fusterie, a cultural center serving the public with various community functions and open to visitors.
The building stands on land where merchants once worked their port and has slowly sunk into the soft ground ever since. Each year the structure descends about 1.5 millimeters, a quiet reminder of the unstable geology beneath this lakeside location.
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