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The Fort de Chillon lies directly adjacent to the Château de Chillon, a major tourist attraction.The site has been fortified since at least the 12th century. The Fort de Chillon is a mixed infantry-artillery fort, located almost entirely underground in the steep slope rising to Veytaux above the rail line.
Chillon Castle (French: Château de Chillon) is an island medieval castle located on Lake Geneva, south of Veytaux in the canton of Vaud. It is situated at the eastern end of the lake, on the narrow shore between Montreux and Villeneuve , which gives access to the Alpine valley of the Rhône .
Name Image Location Type Date Notes Appenzell Castle: Appenzell: Manor house: 1563: Original owner Antoni Löw executed 1584. 1584-1682 used as Franciscan monastery. Today known as "Doctor's House" and privately owned.
City Canton Local language Population Names in other languages Aarau: AG: de [1]: 16,500: L'Abbaye: VD: fr: Aigle: VD: fr: Alpnach: OW: de: 5,100: Appenzell: AI: de ...
Fort Bühl / A 8675 (1892), Fortress St. Gotthard; Fort Fuchsegg / A 8630, Fortress St. Gotthard; Gütsch / A 8685, höchstgelegene Fort Europas (Zweiter Weltkrieg), Fortress St. Gotthard; Isleten / A 8730; Klausenpass, / A 8744 (Klausenpass) Fort Stöckli, (1893–1947), höchstgelegene Festung Europas (Erster Weltkrieg), Fortress St. Gotthard
This is an alphabetical list of towns or cities (these English terms can be used interchangeably, as there is no official differentiation), which follows the FSO's definition (German: Statistische Städte 2012, French: Villes statistiques 2012), as well as places with historic town rights (h) and/or market towns (m). [2]: 14–19
As of 2021, there are thirteen properties in Switzerland inscribed on the World Heritage List, nine of which are cultural sites and four are natural sites. The first three sites were added to the list in 1983: Old City of Berne, Abbey of Saint Gall, and Benedictine Abbey of St. John at Müstair.
Chillon refers to Chillon Castle on the homonymous island in Switzerland. In the vicinity are: Fort de Chillon, a twentieth-century fortification adjacent to Chillon Castle; Viaduc de Chillon, a motorway viaduct overlooking Chillon Castle; Chillon may also refer to: Chillón, a municipality in Spain; Chillón River, a river in Peru