Chillon Castle has presided over the lake for hundreds ... about a Protestant historian who was held in the castle's dungeon. Percy Bysshe Shelly, Victor Hugo, Charles Dickens, and Ernest ...

In Chillon’s dungeons deep and old… The poet, on a boat tour around Lake Geneva, was forced to take shelter at Montreux during a storm. He was given a tour of the castle and was told the story ...

Gruyeres Castle and its surrounding village, Chillon Castle on Lake Geneva ... of the chateau was famously used as a prison and dungeon. You can see it was carved right out of the rock here.

after his visit to the castle to remember the freedom fighter Francois de Bonivard in the 16th century. "There are seven pillars of Gothic mould, In Chillon's dungeons deep and old, There are seven ...

Château de Chillon, the most visited historical building in Switzerland, set a new record last year: 432,000 people visited the medieval castle near Montreux on Lake Geneva. This represents an ...