Each story is rooted in real local history and landmarks
A Roman cavalry veteran arriving in 45 BC to settle Caesar's new colony gets separated from his legion. A child helps him find his way through the half-built forum, thermal baths, and newly planted vineyards to the amphitheatre where his comrades await. Along the way, they watch a city being born.
The three Roman columns on the Esplanade des Marronniers have watched 2,000 years pass. One night they whisper their memories to a child: the roar of the amphitheatre, the Savoy siege of 1293, the Bernese bailiff, the porcelain painters, and the first Paléo concert drifting up from the plains below.
A child visiting the Château de Nyon touches a porcelain cup and is transported to 1790, the golden age of the manufacture. Jacques Dortu needs help: the kaolin shipment from Limoges has gone missing, and without it, the queen's dinner service cannot be finished in time.
Hidden beneath the Rue de la Porcelaine, a stray cat falls through a crack into the buried Roman amphitheatre and discovers it is not empty: ghostly gladiators still perform for phantom crowds. A child must convince them that 2,000 years have passed and help them find peace at last.
A football kicked from the UEFA campus in Nyon rolls down the hill, past the castle, past the Roman columns, and into Lake Geneva. A child chases it, and at each landmark the ball bounces into a different century of Nyon's history, from Roman gladiators to Savoy knights to modern football stars.
Every Sunday the Esplanade des Marronniers hosts free music under the chestnut trees. One summer evening, a child's melody summons a Roman musician, a medieval troubadour, and a Paléo rock star. They must play together before the last chestnut leaf falls, creating a song that spans two thousand years.
Each of the Château de Nyon's five towers holds a secret from a different era: a Savoy knight's oath, a Bernese prisoner's carved message, a porcelain figurine that comes alive, Napoleon's lock of hair that whispers French, and a telescope pointed at Mont Blanc. A child must visit all five before the castle clock strikes midnight.
Inspired by Jacques Piccard's submarine adventures, a child boards a magical vessel at Nyon's harbour and descends into Lake Geneva. They discover Roman coins, a sunken Savoy galley, a porcelain cup thrown overboard during the Revolution, and a message in a bottle from Germaine de Staël herself.
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