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Elisabeth of Bavaria (24-Dec-1837 to 10-Sep-1898)
was Imperatrice D'Autriche Reine De Hongrie (Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary) by marriage to Emperor Franz Joseph I.
In 1898, despite warnings of possible assassination attempts, the 60-year-old Elisabeth traveled incognito to Geneva, Switzerland where on Saturday 10 September 1898, Elisabeth and Countess Irma Sztáray de Sztára et Nagymihály left the Hotel Beau-Rivage on the shore of Lake Geneva on foot to catch the steamship Genève for Montreux. They were walking along the promenade when the 25-year-old Italian anarchist Luigi Lucheni stabbed the Empress.
Near the location of her assassination at Quai du Mont-Blanc on the shore of Lake Geneva, there is a statue in memoriam, created by Philip Jackson and dedicated in 1998 on the 100th anniversary of the assassination.
just a bit of history...
Casey
Casey
And few more of Geneva
Just few more pictures as today we took the boat to cross the lake and then walked back via the parks and boulevards ...
Elisabeth of Bavaria (24-Dec-1837 to 10-Sep-1898)
was Imperatrice D'Autriche Reine De Hongrie (Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary) by marriage to Emperor Franz Joseph I. In 1898, despite warnings of possible assassination attempts, the 60-year-old Elisabeth traveled incognito to Geneva, Switzerland ...
