Chillon Castle (French: Château de Chillon) is an island medieval castle located on Lake Geneva, south of Veytaux in the canton of Vaud. It is situated...
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Vegeholm Castle Vibyholm Castle Viderup Castle Vittskövle Castle Făgăraş Castle Oradea fortress Bottmingen Castle Chillon Castle Hagenwil Castle Hallwyl...
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Chillon Castle Viaduc de Chillon, a motorway viaduct overlooking Chillon Castle Chillon may also refer to: Chillón, a municipality in Spain Chillón River...
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throughout the poem) and stopped to visit the Château de Chillon. After touring the castle (and walking through the dungeon in which Bonivard was imprisoned)...
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Chillon Castle sits on a small island on the eastern end of Lake Geneva The Aragonese Castle is situated in the Gulf of Naples The only water castle in...
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similarities of their castles' architectural features, citing the garderobes at La Bâtiaz Castle, the windows at Chillon Castle along with the town walls...
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Valley Reifenstein Castle Sarriod de la Tour Castle Bran Castle Strečno Castle Château de Chillon Stokstad, Marilyn (2005). Medieval Castles. London, Westport:...
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and the region around Chillon Castle are part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites. Chillon Castle Viaduc autoroutier de Chillon sur la N9 In the 2007...
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Heraldry. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Historia Anglorum c. 1250 Chillon Castle, c. 1500 Livro de Armerio-Mor, c. 1509 Stained glass at the Franciscan...
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the tower of the castle at Chillon, Switzerland. It draws heavily on the contemporaneous work of William Burges, whose Cardiff Castle and Castell Coch...
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The Fort de Chillon is a twentieth-century fortification directly adjacent to the medieval Château de Chillon on the edge of Lake Geneva in Switzerland...
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Aletsch Glacier with Aletsch Forest Lake Geneva with the Lavaux vineyards Chillon Castle with the Dents du Midi Kapellbrücke with Mount Pilatus Tremola road...
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reception room was lit by large low arched windows reminiscent of those in Chillon Castle. The large window on the west side of this room did not exist originally;...
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Switzerland Bern, Basel, Lausanne, Lucerne, Rütli, Montreux, Veytaux (Chillon Castle), Zürich, Geneva (ICRC) President Chevallaz 14–17 October 1980 Italy...
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organised yearly, the longest of which spans the length of the lake from Chillon Castle to Geneva (70km) and is known as The Signature. Other events include...
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was educated at Malvern School from 1923–27, then spent 18 months at Chillon Castle, then went on to Geneva University. From 1929–32, he read Modern Languages...
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Chillon Castle (Château de Chillon) basement...
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easily available. The imposing Aigle Castle built in the 12th century now houses the local Wine Museum. Chillon Castle, built in the 13th century on the...
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seen in constructions such as the defences of Saillon, La Bâtiaz and Chillon Castles. Many of these similarities have been considered to be the result of...
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Aigle Aile Allaman Aubonne Avenches Beaulieu Blonay Champvent Châtelard Chillon Les Clées Coppet Crans Crêtes Curtilles Donneloye Duillier Dully D'En-Bas...
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is adjacent to the Chillon Castle. As of the December 2023 timetable change,[update] the following services stop at Veytaux-Chillon: RegioExpress: hourly...
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from the original on 3 November 2011. Retrieved 10 December 2020. "Three Castles of Bellinzona". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Archived from the original...
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century a young English couple stayed at the Hôtel Byron, close to Chillon Castle. When they bathed in the lake, the young man drowned, and his body was...
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Castell Coch (redirect from Castle Coch)
present a dramatic silhouette, closer in design to mainland European castles such as Chillon than native British fortifications. The interiors were elaborately...
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elements with a medieval resemblance – possibly inspired by nearby Chillon Castle, a castle which Jost knew well, having restored it: bartizans, machicolations...
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campaign against the Bishop of Lausanne to free François Bonivard from Chillon Castle. From 1540 to 1568 he was Bern's chief magistrate. "Hans Franz Nägeli...
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to France while others were already being arrested and imprisoned in Chillon Castle. He was then sentenced to death in absentia by Bern, and his property...
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original on 10 November 2017. Retrieved 12 November 2017. "Collegiate Church, Castle, and Old Town of Quedlinburg". UNESCO. Archived from the original on 8 March...
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of the local bus network, operated by Transports publics Vevey-Montreux-Chillon-Villeneuve (VMCV). In addition to line 201, the VMCV runs eight motorbus...
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The Chillon Castle's interior walls were extensively cracked, towers split and outer retaining walls at the waterside toppled. Damage to the castle required...
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