In the late 16th century and into the 17th century a number of Geneva publishers moved to or set up offices in Cologny . By claiming Cologny or Colonia Allobrogum as the publication location , they were able to circumvent French laws which banned books from Geneva . Beginning in the 18th century elegant chalets sprung up along the shores of Lake Geneva in Cologny . One of the most famous in Villa Diodati in which Lord Byron , John Polidori , Mary Shelley and Percy Bysshe Shelley spent part of the Year Without a Summer in 1816 . Due to the poor weather , the guests spent days indoors telling each other horror stories . Mary Shelley ’s '' Frankenstein '' and John Polidori ’s '' The Vampyre '' , the first modern vampire story , both resulted . The mathematician Louis Necker ( 1730 – 1804 ) , elder brother of the Statesman Jacques Necker , died in Cologny
Year Without a Summer
Year Without a Summer
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