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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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    The Prisoner of Chillon is a 392-line narrative poem by Lord Byron. Written in 1816, it chronicles the imprisonment of a Genevois monk, François Bonivard...
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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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    The Chillón River is a river located in western Peru. Its waters are produced by the melting of ice in the glaciers of the Andes, and its mouth is located...
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  • Chillón is a municipality in Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. It has a population of 2,271. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics...
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  • Javier Chillon is a Spanish director of films and music videos, known for his "bizarre and compelling" short films, "simply unlike anything anyone else...
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    The Vevey–Montreux–Chillon–Villeneuve tramway (VMCV) was a metre gauge electric tramway in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It linked the towns of Vevey, Montreux...
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    Viaduc de Chillon is a viaduct in Switzerland located in Veytaux to the southeast of Montreux. Built by the Consortium des Viaducs de Chillon between 1966...
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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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    The Transports publics Vevey-Montreux-Chillon-Villeneuve (VMCV) is a public transport operator in and around the Swiss towns of Montreux and Vevey. It...
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  • Alberto Chillon (born 5 December 1990) is an Italian rugby union player who plays as a scrum-half. He currently plays for Rovigo Delta after the experience...
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    His life was the inspiration for Lord Byron's 1816 poem The Prisoner of Chillon. He was a partisan of the Protestant Reformation, and by most accounts...
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    Veytaux-Chillon railway station (French: Gare de Veytaux-Chillon) is located in the municipality of Veytaux, in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is an intermediate...
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    end of the world which was published as part of the 1816 The Prisoner of Chillon collection. The year 1816 was known as the Year Without a Summer, because...
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    the department of Lima. These remains were found in Chivateros, near the Chillón River, and in various other places. These persons incorporated nets, hooks...
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    capital and largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of the central coastal part...
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    Chillon Castle (Château de Chillon) basement...
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    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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    of a Late Preceramic (3500–1800 BC) archaeological site located in the Chillón Valley on the central coast of Peru. The site is situated several kilometers...
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    PMID 33987785. S2CID 234489153. Rodríguez-Domínguez ÁJ, Rebollo-Salas M, Chillón-Martínez R, Rosales-Tristancho A, Jiménez-Rejano JJ (17 July 2023). "Clinical...
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    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 1332...
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    Gothic Revival style, purportedly based on the tower of the castle at Chillon, Switzerland. It draws heavily on the contemporaneous work of William Burges...
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    his successor, Philip I, Count of Savoy. Unlike Peter, who had preferred Chillon Castle as his main residence, Philip preferred the Viennois which was closer...
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    medium-sized brown-black seeds. Plants are found in Lima, Peru in the valleys of Chillón, Rímac and Santa Eulalia at elevations around 1260 meters. "Loxanthocereus...
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    This sculpture, originating from the Chancay Valley and adjacent Chillón Drainage region (Late Intermediate Period), captures the llama's natural inquisitiveness...
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    claims on the modern canton of Vaud, where they occupied the Château of Chillon in Switzerland, but their access to it was cut by Geneva during the Protestant...
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    Castle Vittskövle Castle Făgăraş Castle Oradea fortress Bottmingen Castle Chillon Castle Hagenwil Castle Hallwyl Castle Wörth Castle Wyher Castle Kızkalesi...
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    (text on Wikisource) Parisina (1816) (text on Wikisource) The Prisoner of Chillon (1816) (text on Wikisource) The Dream (1816) (text on Wikisource) Prometheus...
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    capitalism". Lord Byron's 1816 poem "Darkness", included in The Prisoner of Chillon collection, on the apocalyptic end of the world and one man's survival...
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    Savoy. Under Bernese rule (1536–1798) it belonged to the Bailiwick of Chillon (renamed in 1735 into the Bailiwick of Vevey). The Reformation made the...
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