Talk:Chillon Castle

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Earliest date

According to publication Chillon by Auguste Guignard (former secretary of the Association for the Restoration of the Chillon Castle), published by Ruckstuhl SA (Renens, Switzerland) in 1996:

"The oldest historical document relating to Chillon bears the date 1005, and from this it is seen that the castle belonged to the bishops of Sion, who confided its care to the d'Alinge family." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.3.242.29 (talk • contribs) 22:54, 16 July 2005 (UTC)

Page name

The article name should either be "Château de Chillon" (French), or "Chillon Castle" (English). "Chateau of Chillon" is a horrid mixture of the two. I would go for the english name as this is english wiki. Any other preferences? ::Supergolden:: 12:06, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Agreed. Moving to Château de Chillon for consistency in naming. Emeraude 11:17, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Doh! Made a typo and got DU Chillon. Wil attempt to rectify. Emeraude 11:18, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

I fixed eight(!) redirects from "what links here", seems to be all sorts of ways to refer to it. -- Stbalbach 17:14, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Moved per request (no particular opinion whether it should be "Chillon Castle"). User:Werdnabot is going to fix double redirects soon. Duja►

The name of the lake

The name of the lake is as far as I know Lake Geneva and not Lake Léman. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.233.187.194 (talk) 08:03, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

corrected. mgeo talk 11:26, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

The name of the lake is Lac Léman in French. This is, of course, the English wikipedia. Opera hat (talk) 12:39, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

Using the French entry

Although the French article has more information, it lacks in-line citations that would make the content authoritative. Please use caution. LTC (Ret.) David J. Cormier (talk) 18:15, 1 February 2015 (UTC)

Photoshop?

Hi, the main picture looks very weird. Broad daylight on the castle, but the mountains, although the light is also coming from the right, look like they are photoshopped in from another exposure on a different day. I'm trying to account for haze and cloud cover, but is there any way of checking the authenticity of the postcard view? PS: I went there when I was 11 years old, and it is well worth the visit. The steps are worn about 1 1/2 in the middle from use over the centuries very cool. Billyshiverstick (talk) 02:40, 13 August 2015 (UTC)

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Chillon Castle is an island castle located on Lake Geneva to the south of Veytaux in Vaud, Switzerland. It is situated at the eastern end of the lake, on the narrow shore between Montreux and Villeneuve, and close to the Fort de Chillon, which is embedded in the neighbouring hillside. The oldest parts of the castle have not been dated definitively, but the first written record of the castle was in 1005. It was built to control the road from Burgundy to the Great St Bernard Pass, on the site of an earlier Roman outpost. From the mid 12th century, the castle became the summer home of the Counts of Savoy, who kept a fleet of ships on Lake Geneva. It was greatly expanded during the 13th century. The castle became a prison in the 16th century, housing among others the Genvois monk François Bonivard, before reverting to being a residence and then again becoming a prison in 1733. Since the end of the 18th century, the castle has been a tourist attraction.

Photograph credit: Giles Laurent

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