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iExplore Community: Chateau de Chillon - Montreux, Switzerland
Most castles started off as fortresses, and Chateau de Chillon started off as a tourist attraction. Originaly built in the 12th century as place where Dukes of Savoy could spend their summers. This castel was immortalized by Lord Byron prehaps his most famous visitor, who wrote a poem about Francois...
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Montreux: Chateau de Chillon - Traveler Reviews - Impressive Chateau - TripAdvisor
The Chateau de Chillon is one of the most enchanting places I've ever been to! I'm not sure how drastically the environment there changes from season to season, but I went in July and it was fantastic! Not only is it amazing to think you're walking through a castle that could possibly be 1000 years ...
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Castle of Chillon - Home
The castle consists of 25 building units. The oldest part dates back to the first millennium. In the 13th century under count Peter II of Savoy, Chillon was completely transformed and considerably enlarged. Roman and early gothic architecture is characteristic. Today, the castle is carefully restore...
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Rick Steves' Europe: Chateau Chillon
Château de Chillon (pron. shee-yon) was the Savoys' fortress and residence, with four big halls (a major status symbol) and impractically large lakeview windows (their powerful navy could defend against possible attack from the water). When the Bernese invaded in 1536, the castle was conquered...
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AskOxford: Le château de Chillon
which caused the slow decline of the castle as a military fortress. The Savoyard nevertheless kept the place as a secure jail where they imprisoned their opponents. The most famous of all the 'residents' of the prisons of Chillon is undoubtedly François Bonivard, a Genevois monk and politicia...
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Chillon Castle (Château de Chillon) Guide | Attraction Travel Guide
(literally meaning the Teeth of the South) mountains in the background. Built in the 13th century on Roman foundations, Lord Byron visited the chateau and later wrote the poem ‘Prisoner of Chillon’ (1816) about the fate of François de Bonivard (1493-1570). Bonivard was the castle&...
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Château de Chillon
Visit a landmark steeped in history – from the twelfth to the sixteenth centuries. Built on a rocky promontory jutting into Lake Geneva, in a commanding position between the lake and the former trade route to Italy, Château de Chillon has two very different sides to it: an impregnable for...
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