#68 Château de
Chillon
Montreux, Switzerland
1150
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Castle
Chillon was started in the 11th century, expanded and
completed in the 13th century. Built on a tiny island at
the water's edge by the Counts of Savoy, this castle has
a strategic position guarding the narrow passage between
Lake Geneva and the Alps entering Italy, and controlling
shipping on the lake itself, in addition to serving as
palacial accomodations for the Counts themselves. |
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Castle exudes stability and strength with it's
rectangular walls and towers. Later, in the sixteenth
century during of occuption of the Vaud by the Bernese,
Chillon was used as a state prison. The château has also
been the subject of romantic poets such as Shelley,
Rousseau, Hugo and Dumas, and is perhaps best known for
the poem written by Lord Byron, "The Prisoner of
Chillon", about Bonivard's imprisonment in the 16th
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of the Lego Model Built Nov-Dec 1998 |
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| East
Northeast View |
North
Northwest View |
West
Southwest View |
South
Southeast View |
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| North
Closeup |
The Bath |
The Bazaar |
Outer
Courtyard |
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| West Northwest Closeup | Entrance Gate | Under Construction |
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| East
Elevation #1 |
East
Elevation #2 |
Top Down #1 |
Top Down #2
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| West
Elevation #1 |
West
Elevation #2 |
Other Château de Chillon pages:
http://www.chillon.ch/
http://switzerland.isyours.com/e/guide/lake_geneva/chateau.chillon.html
http://sabreteam.free.fr/chillon1.htm
http://www.fortunecity.com/oasis/machu/183/Chillon.htm
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