Chillon Castle

The story behind the place

Chillon stands on a small rocky island at Lake Geneva's eastern end, beside an important route through the Alps. Its connected buildings follow the island's narrow shape. Under the Counts of Savoy, the castle helped control passage and collect tolls; later it came under Bernese and then Vaudois authority. Seen from the lake, the walls, tiled roofs and keep form a compact stone silhouette rising directly from the water's edge.

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