A visitor walks on December 29, 2008 in

A visitor walks on December 29, 2008 in front of the statues of (FromL) William Farel, Jean Calvin, Theodore Beza, and John Knox at the Geneva's Reformation Wall, the 100 meters long monument depicting Protestant figures from across Europe. Geneva is celebrating The "calvin 2009 year" which celebrates the 500th anniversary of the birth of John Calvin a formative figure in the Reformation. Born in France, Calvin spent some 20 years of his adult life in Switzerland's western city, transforming Geneva into a base for French Protestantism and an intellectual centre of Europe. AFP PHOTO/ FABRICE COFFRINI (Photo credit should read FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)