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Chillon Castle
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moated castle in Veytaux in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland
Key facts
- Architectural style
- Medieval
- Classification
- Historic monument
- Location
- Veytaux , Vaud , Switzerland
- Architect
- Jacques de Saint-Georges
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Switzerland
- Located in
- Veytaux
- Material used
- stone
- Official website
- www.chillon.ch
- Image
- 001 Chateau de Chillon and Dents du Midi Photo by Giles Laurent.jpg
- Height
- 25
- Width
- 50
- Length
- 100
- Significant event
- architectural reconstruction
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- P12749
- Andre Geim
- Commons gallery
- Château de Chillon
- Commons category
- Château de Chillon
- architect
- James of Saint George
- inception
- 1160-00-00
- architectural style
- Gothic architecture
- street address
- Avenue de Chillon 21, 1820 Veytaux
- native label
- Château de Chillon
- phone number
- +41 21 9668910
- offers view on
- Lake Geneva
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Encyclopedic overview
Chillon Castle (French: Château de Chillon, pronounced [ʃɑto d(ə) ʃijɔ̃]) is a medieval island castle located on Lake Geneva, south of Veytaux in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is situated at the eastern end of the lake, on the narrow shore between Montreux and Villeneuve, which gives access to the Alpine valley of the Rhône. Chillon is amongst the most visited medieval castles in Europe. Successively occupied by the House of Savoy, then by the Bernese from 1536 until 1798, it now belongs to the canton of Vaud and is classified as a Swiss Cultural Property of National Significance.
Etymology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chillon Castle” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.