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CHILLON CASTLE, SWITZERLAND

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Chillon Castle, on Lake Geneva at Montreux is one of Switzerland's most idyllic castles, comprising over 100 separate buildings.  It was made popular by Lord Byron, who wrote the poem The Prisoner Of Chillon (1816) about a monk who was imprisoned there from 1530 to 1536. Byron also carved his name on a pillar of the dungeon. 

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Chillon Castle, on Lake Geneva at Montreux is one of Switzerland's most idyllic castles, comprising over 100 separate buildings.  It was made popular by Lord Byron, who wrote the poem The Prisoner Of Chillon (1816) about a monk who was imprisoned there from 1530 to 1536. Byron also carved his name on a pillar of the dungeon.