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Chateaude Chillon

I found this old picture of one of my favourite castles, the Chateau de Chillon near Montreux (Canton de Vaud). The Prisoner of Chillon is a poem written by By...
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I found this old picture of one of my favourite castles, the Chateau de Chillon near Montreux (Canton de Vaud). The Prisoner of Chillon is a poem written by Byron in 1816 chronicles the imprisonment of a Genevois monk, François Bonivard, from 1532 to 1536, after he visited the castle with Shelley. He signed in one pillar of the castle.
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