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Château de Chillon
Montreux (Vaud)
 * [|Château de Chillon]

The **Chillon Castle** (Château de Chillon) is located on the shore of [|Lake Geneva] near [|Montreux], [|Switzerland]. The [|castle] consists of 25 independent buildings that were gradually connected and now form a single whole. The oldest parts of the castle have not been definitively dated, but the first written record of the castle is in [|1160] or [|1005].[|[1]] From the mid [|12th century], the castle was home to the [|Counts of Savoy], and it was greatly expanded in the [|13th century] by [|Pietro II]. The Castle was never taken in a siege, but did change hands through treaties. media type="flickr" key="93799798@N00" ARG0="&tags=chateaudechillon&lang=en-us&format=rss_200" width="250" height="250"

Château de Yverdon
Yverdon'les'Bains (Vaud) Le château a été construit dès 1260 par Pierre de Savoie pour protéger la ville sur son flanc est. Il s'agissait d'une construction défensive, de plan carré et entourée d'eau. Par la suite, le bâtiment a connu plusieurs remaniements. Les seigneurs savoyards puis les baillis l'ont habité et, dès 1805, Pestalozzi s'y est établi avec son institut. Aujourd'hui, le Musée occupe une grande partie du Château.
 * [|Château d'Yverdon]

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Château de Gruyères
Gruyères, near Bulle (FR)

The Castle of Gruyères (in french: château de Gruyères), located in the medieval town of Gruyères, Fribourg, is one of the most famous in Switzerland. The building was built between 1270 and 1282, following the typical square plan of the fortifications in Savoy. It was the property of the Counts of Gruyères until the bankruptcy of the Count Michel in 1554. His creditors the cantons of Fribourg and Bern shared his earldom. From 1555 to 1798 the castle became residence to the bailiffs and then to the prefects sent by Fribourg. In 1849 the castle was sold to the Bovy and Balland families, who used the castle as their summer residency and restored it. The castle was then bought back by the canton of Fribourg in 1938, made into a museum and opened to the public. Since 1993, a foundation ensures the conservation as well as the highlighting of the building and the art collection. ([|link])
 * [|Château de Gruyères]



Château de Bulle
Bulle (FR)

[|Bulle, Fribourg] "Bulle aurait été fondée avant le [|IX] [|e][| siècle], dans l'actuel district de la Gruyère. Mais la ville, dépendant des princes évêques de [|Lausanne], ne faisait pas partie du Comté de Gruyère. Le premier écrit parlant de l'existence de Bulle, date de l'an 855 ; Bulle apparaît alors sous le nom de //Butulum//."

[] Read (in French) the very interesting history of Bulle in the [|Dictionaire Historique de la Suissse], which is more accurate than the Wikipedia article above.

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