History

Century

Scrovegni Chapel, Giotto © MIH

World history

1302. Philip the Fair convened the first Etats Généraux in France at which the three Estates were represented.


Swiss history

Fairs in Le Bourg du Four spread Geneva's fame throughout Europe.


Art and Culture

Giotto (1266-1337) began painting the frescoes in the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua, which he completed in 1305. His work expressed an awareness of volume and space that was characteristic of that era. Construction of Siri, the second city of Delhi.

Research

Research

For research into the first Rieussec chronographs, the Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie wishes to locate this piece, made between 1820 and 1830.

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