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The Chillon Castle (Château de Chillon) is located on the shore of Lake Geneva near Montreux, Switzerland. The castle consists of 25 independent buildings that were gradually connected .
The oldest parts of the castle have not been definitively dated, but the first written record of the castle is in 1005.

Surrounded by the white tops of the mountains and the soft waves of Lake Geneva, Chillon Castle is a real beauty spot. It is built on a rocky island along the antique road to Italy. The castle shows two faces: It is a princely residence to the lakeside but an impregnable fortress to the mountains.

Chillon Castle

On the Castle of Chillon

(by George Byron)

Eternal Spirit of the chainless Mind!   

Brightest in dungeons, Liberty! thou art,   

For there thy habitation is the heart—   

The heart which love of Thee alone can bind.   

And when thy sons to fetters are consign'd,   

To fetters, and the damp vault's dayless gloom,   

Their country conquers with their martyrdom,   

And Freedom's fame finds wings on every wind.   

Chillon! thy prison is a holy place   

And thy sad floor an altar---for 'twas trod,   

Until his very steps have left a trace   

Worn as if thy cold pavement were a sod,   

By Bonnivard! ---May none those marks efface!   

For they appeal from tyranny to God.  

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