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Captured Moments
By: Linnor Marie
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| Tuesday, 17-Jun-2003 00:00 |
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Chillon Castle, Villeneuve, Switzerland
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At the wooden bridge leading to the entrance
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Inside the castle grounds with Montreaux in the background
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Junnie on the right just above the datestamp :)
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The zoomed-in shot of the castle
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My take on the Chillon.
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Jerry and me
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The towers and turrets up close
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Side shot
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From the courtyard
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Just like stepping into a storybook
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The pewter plates
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The massive wooden door with iron fittings
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Dress code during medieval times
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Ornate wooden chests
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"Spear-proof" metal top
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In a pensive mood
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Junnie doing a Rapunzel
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From the courtyard
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Relic of their farm implements
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Waiting for our night train bound for Florence Italy
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Mitzi sending us off
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June 10 - Another day, another tour. This time we were bound for the ancient castle of Chillon.
(A THOUSAND YEARS AND COUNTING
No one is sure when the castle was first built. Its site has been occupied since the Bronze Age, but most historians date the oldest parts of the château to about a thousand years ago and credit Pierre II of Savoy with building the present structure in the 13th Century. Its infamous dungeons were literally carved from the rock that supports the castle foundations. The visible portions of the castle include some two dozen buildings around three courtyards, all jammed together in a classically crowded medieval style.
For the last 200 years, the château has been owned by the Canton of Vaud, and it has been a tourist attraction since it was visited (and popularized) by 19th Century poets and authors such as Byron, Shelley, Victor Hugo, Hans Christian Andersen, Flaubert, Mark Twain, and Charles Dickens.
-from europeforvisitors.com)
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