Switzerland. Geneva. Bastions Park. A group of men and woman practice Tai Chi in the late afternoon close to the Reformation Wall. Tai Chi ( short for T'ai chi ch'üan or Tàijí quán) is an internal Chinese martial art practiced for both its defense training, its health benefits and meditation. The term taiji is a Chinese cosmological concept for the flux of yin and yang, and 'quan' means fist. The Reformation Wall stretches for 100 m, depicting numerous Protestant figures from across Europe.The International Monument to the Reformation (French: Monument international de la Réformation, German: Internationales Reformationsdenkmal), usually known as the Reformation Wall (French: Mur des réformateurs), is a monument in Geneva. It honours many of the main individuals, events, and documents of the Protestant Reformation by depicting them in statues and bas-reliefs. It is built into the old city walls of Geneva, and the monument's location there is designed to represent the fortifications', and therefore the city of Geneva's, integral importance to the Reformation.During the Reformation, Geneva was the centre of Calvinism, and its history and heritage since the sixteenth century has been closely linked to that of Protestantism. Due to the close connections to that theology, the individuals most prominently depicted on the Wall were Calvinists; nonetheless, key figures in other theologies are also included. A sculpture of Frederick William (German: Friedrich Wilhelm; 16 February 1620 – 29 April 1688) who was Elector of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia, thus ruler of Brandenburg-Prussia, from 1640 until his death in 1688. A member of the House of Hohenzollern, he is popularly known as "the Great Elector" (der Große Kurfürst) because of his military and political achievements. Frederick William was a staunch pillar of the Calvinist faith, associated with the rising commercial class. He saw the importance of trade and promoted it vigorously. 14.07.2020 © 2020 Didier