![The city of Geneva and its fortifications, circa 1760.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/die-stadt-genf-und-ihre-befestigungsanlagen-um-1760-300x225.jpg)
The encirclement of Geneva by Spanish troops in 1743
For almost seven years, from September 1742 to February 1749, Savoy villages neighbouring the city of Geneva were occupied and troubled by Spanish troops. Although part of the War of the Austrian Succession and therefore the great history of Europe, the occupation has been all but forgotten by historians.
![Chambéry, circa 1780.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/chambery-um-1780-300x185.jpg)
![The letter sent by the Infante of Spain to the government of Geneva on 17 December 1742, in which he reassured the Geneva seigneurie of his intentions.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/brief-des-spanischen-infanten-an-genf-1742-210x300.jpg)
![Pont d’Arve, image from 1816.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/pont-darve-grafik-von-1816-300x167.jpg)
![State boundaries in the area surrounding Geneva were even more complex around 1740. The city of Geneva owned a number of separate, unconnected territories. Map of Geneva and surroundings, 1740.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/karte-von-genf-und-umgebung-1740-300x182.jpg)
![View of Geneva in the 18th century.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/ansicht-von-genf-im-18-jahrhundert-300x92.jpg)
![Minutes of the Council of Geneva, 30 January 1743.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/verhandlungsprotokoll-der-genfer-regierung-vom-30-januar-1743-300x222.jpg)
![Farm in Avusy, in what is now the canton of Geneva.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/bauernhof-in-avusy-300x222.jpg)
![Trooper of the Calatrava line regiment, 18th century.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/kavallerist-des-linienregiments-von-calatrava-18jahrhundert-300x187.jpg)
![Jaime de Guzman-Davalos y Spinola, Marquis de la Mina, senior commander of the Spanish troops in Italy until the end of the war, circa 1760.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/retrat-del-marques-de-la-mina-manuel-tramulles-243x300.jpg)