Charles Pictet de Rochemont acquires 75 hectares of land outside Geneva to raise Merino sheep.
Charles Pictet de Rochemont acquires 75 hectares of land outside Geneva to raise Merino sheep.
Pictet de Rochemont engages in scientific cross-breeding and employs the latest equipment to grow his Merino herd in addition to recruiting spinners and weavers to make the finest garments.
Three years later, Pictet de Rochemont sends his son Charles-René to Russia with a caravan of 850 Merinos, intending to farm in Odessa.
While establishing the farm, Charles-René befriends the Governor of Odessa, the Duc de Richelieu.
While accompanying Richelieu, Charles-René is reunited with his father Charles who is attending the Congress of Vienna as a representative of Geneva.
At the Treaty of Paris, Charles Pictet de Rochemont helps establish Switzerland’s neutrality and ensures that Geneva joins the Swiss Confederation.