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Published: 2015-07-25 17:55:52 +0000 UTC; Views: 543; Favourites: 19; Downloads: 0
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Chillon Castle (Chateau de Chillon), an island fortress on Lake Geneva. Originally owned by the powerful Savoy dynasty, its earliest mention was in 1150 but is believed to have been built in the 1000s.Veytaux, Switzerland
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Subject of a poem by Lord Byron: www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/…
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I saw where he scratched his name into a column. I guess graffiti is cool if you're a famous writer.
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