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    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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    Leman", the French name, throughout the poem) and stopped to visit the Château de Chillon. After touring the castle (and walking through the dungeon in which...
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    Viaducs de Chillon between 1966 and 1969, it takes its name from the Château de Chillon which lies downhill on the shores of Lac Léman. The viaduct comprises...
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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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    served the famous Château de Chillon. The line was formed by a merger of the Vevey–Montreux–Chillon tramway (VMC) and the Chillon–Byron–Villeneuve tramway...
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  • locations in London, Munich, Paris, the French Riviera, and at the Château de Chillon in Switzerland. Guy Van Stratten, a small-time American smuggler working...
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    December 2019. "Armée: le chef de l'armée Philippe Rebord passe le relais à son successeur Thomas Süssli au Château de Chillon". Le Nouvelliste. 5 December...
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  • the Château de Chillon with Winterbourne after they have known each other for only half an hour. Two days later, the two travel to Château de Chillon, and...
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  • Goppenstein Niouc (Val d'Anniviers – Niouc Bridge) Veytaux (Château de Chillon) Veytaux (Château de Chillon) → Montreux (Basset Marina) Montreux (Basset Marina)...
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    Alps (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    has intricate frescoes, and excellent examples of Gothic art. The Château de Chillon is preserved as an example of medieval architecture. There are several...
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    Empress Elisabeth of Austria (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    created by Antonio Chiattone in 1902. This town is between Montreux and Château de Chillon; the inscription mentions her many visits to the area. Near the location...
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    Lake Geneva (redirect from Lac de Genève)
    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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    of the Château de Chillon. Niklaus is buried in a cathedral in Bern. Niklaus Friedrich von Steiger (1729–1799), Swiss politician Johann Rudolf de Steiger...
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    July 1234, he and his brother William convened a family meeting at Château de Chillon. While both sides arrived with armed troops, William was able to negotiate...
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    Chillon Castle (Château de Chillon) basement...
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    Veytaux (category Articles with German-language sources (de))
    of Vaud in Switzerland. The Chateau of Chillon provides a view of the entire Lake of Geneva located in Avenue de Chillon. Veytaux is first mentioned in...
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    Margaret of Geneva Agnes of Faucigny 1236 one daughter 15 May 1268 Château de Chillon or Pierre-Châtel aged 66 Philip I 1268–1285 1207 Aiguebelle eighth...
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    world was inaugurated in Vevey, linking the city to Montreux and Château de Chillon. By 1923, a total of 29 towns and cities in the country operated tram...
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    Fribourg–Farvagny trolleybus system (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    demonstration basis near the Château de Chillon and the Hotel Byron in 1900. At the start of the 20th century, the Comité de l'initiative Fribourg–Daillettes...
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    Pont-Saint-Martin, Aosta Valley Reifenstein Castle Sarriod de la Tour Castle Bran Castle Strečno Castle Château de Chillon Stokstad, Marilyn (2005). Medieval Castles...
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    Igor Markevitch (category École Normale de Musique de Paris alumni)
    exhibition "Igor Markevitch compositeur et chef d'orchestre 1912/2012" Château de Chillon, Switzerland. Catalogue. "Igor Markevitch; Innovative Conductor"....
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    would have read his publications. Burges's other main source was the Château de Chillon, from which his conical, and conjectural, tower roofs are derived...
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  • received control of the key castles of the Château de Cornillon at Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey and the Château d'Angeville at what is now Hauteville-Lompnes...
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    December 2019. "Armée: le chef de l'armée Philippe Rebord passe le relais à son successeur Thomas Süssli au Château de Chillon". Le Nouvelliste. 5 December...
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  • Philippe Rebord (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    December 2019. "Armée: le chef de l'armée Philippe Rebord passe le relais à son successeur Thomas Süssli au Château de Chillon". Le Nouvelliste. 5 December...
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    Claude Ruey (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    remplace Claude Ruey à la tête de Visions du Réel". La Cote (in French). 2019-06-27. "Le château de Chillon obtient un prêt de 2 millions". 24 heures (in...
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    Roman Catholic Diocese of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg (category Articles with German-language sources (de))
    regime at Fribourg, Marilley was kept a prisoner for fifty days in the Château de Chillon, on Lake Geneva, and then spent eight years in exile in France; he...
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    various portions of the county. In July 1234, the brothers met at Château de Chillon, some bringing large armed forces with them. William played a key...
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  • work and The Prisoner of Chillon, and Other Poems to booksellers at a dinner in December. December 5: The Prisoner of Chillon, and Other Poems Poems "The...
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    du Chillon Château de Prouzel Château de Talhouët Théodore Courtaux, Histoire généalogique de la famille Juchault de Lamoricière et des Jamonières de ses...
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