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Birthplace of the Web

The World Wide Web was created in this nondescript corridor at CERN.

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'Wandering the Immeasurable'

CERN's beautiful, bending sculpture is a tribute to the spread of knowledge.

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Nataraj Statue

This statue of a Hindu cosmic dancer at CERN is a metaphor for modern physics.

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Large Hadron Collider and the Birthplace of World Wide Web.

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Gravestone of Jorge Luis Borges

This famous writer's tombstone is a literary pilgrimage site that was publicly defiled by a rival.

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Treille Promenade

Arguably the longest wooden bench in the world snakes around Geneva's Treille Promenade.

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La Tulipe

A rare, flower-shaped example of Brutalist architecture in Switzerland.

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