Château de Chillon

château, Montreux, Switzerland

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architecture of Montreux

  • Montreux, Switzerland
    In Montreux

    The nearby 13th-century Château de Chillon, made famous by Lord Byron’s poem “Prisoner of Chillon,” is one of Switzerland’s best-known pieces of architecture. Montreux is on railway lines from Geneva and France to Italy via the Simplon Tunnel and is also a terminus of mountain railways. The tourist…

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