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Chillon, Castle of
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
A castle and state prison built on a rock, 62 ft. from the shore, at the eastern end of the Lake of Geneva; surnamed the Bastille of Switzerland, in which Bonivard, the Genevese patriot, was, as celebrated by Byron, incarcerated for six years; it is now an arsenal.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Chillon, Castle of'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/c/chillon-castle-of.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.