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Chillon Castle

moated castle in Veytaux in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland
AdministrativeArea water_castle Q372647

Facts

22 properties

Designation

Instance of
water castle, château, museum building[4][5]
Heritage designation
class A Swiss cultural property of national significance, Swiss townscape worthy of protection[22][23]

Location

Country
Switzerland[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 46.414°, 6.928°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Veytaux[2]
Street address
Avenue de Chillon 21, 1820 Veytaux[30]

Period and style

Inception
1160[12]
Architect
James of Saint George[6]
Architectural style
Romanesque architecture, Gothic architecture[7][8]
Height
+25[27]
Made from material
stone[9]
Significant event
architectural reconstruction, architectural reconstruction[13]
More facts +10
Official website
www.chillon.ch[14]
Part of
list of cultural properties in Veytaux[10]
Short name
Chillon[25]
Described by source
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary, Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 8, Meyer’s Universum, Vierter Band[16][17][18][19][20][21]
Length
+100[26]
Native label
Château de Chillon[24]
Occupant
Château de Chillon[11]
Offers view on
Lake Geneva[29]
Phone number
+41 21 9668910[15]
Width
+50[28]
🏷️ Also known as
en Castle of Chillon en Chillon Castle en Chateau de Chillon ar قلعة شيلون cs Château de Chillon cs hrad Chillon cs Chillon de Château de Chillon de Chillon de Schloss Chillon el Κάστρο του Σιγιόν es Castillo de Chillon fa دژ شیلون fi Chillonin linna fr Chateau de Chillon fr Chillon he טירת שיון hu Chillon vára it castello di Chillon ja シオン城
🔖 Identifiers · 32
VIAF cluster ID
148417642
Library of Congress authority ID
sh2001008487
GND ID
4085252-0
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Castle of Chillon N.jpg ↗
Alle Burgen ID
38991
ArchINFORM project ID
14953
BabelNet ID
00307640n
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
15659052b
Burgenwelt ID
schweiz/chillon
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
place/Chateau-de-Chillon
Facebook username
ChateauChillon
Freebase ID
/m/04ddpz
Show all 32 identifiers +20
GNS Unique Feature ID
-2551618
GeoNames ID
2661173
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
chillon-0
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0017578
Grove Art Online ID
T016497
HDS ID
007591
Hrvatska enciklopedija ID
11629
Iconoteca dell'Accademia di architettura ID
2426
IdRef ID
07012678X
Museum-digital place ID
67608
OpenStreetMap relation ID
6501627
PCP reference number
06544
SNARC ID
Andre Geim
Setlist.fm venue ID
63d5fefb
Structurae structure ID
20027474
WikiKids ID
Kasteel_van_Chillon
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["Castle", "ChateauDeChillon"]
World History Encyclopedia ID
Chillon_Castle
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJgXcxByVfjRfXcG73pByd
X (Twitter) username
chateauchillon
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Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
Licence
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Credit
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🔗 Connections
Described by source 3
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
Architectural style 2
Gothic architecture, Romanesque architecture
Instance of 2
château, water castle
Significant event 2
architectural reconstruction, architectural reconstruction
Architect 1
James of Saint George
Country 1
Switzerland
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Veytaux
Made from material 1
stone
Offers view on 1
Lake Geneva
SNARC ID 1
Andre Geim
← Narrative location 1
The Prisoner of Chillon
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Summary

Chillon Castle is a water castle[1].

Related Entities

Andre Geim Switzerland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [2] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . chillon.ch. Retrieved . chillon.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National Significance, February 2017. wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . gisos.bak.admin.ch. Retrieved . gisos.bak.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13w ago · Gyrostat · 2026-08-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image of interior → Chateau de Chillon 28-08-2016 n63.jpg
    Image of design plans → Chillon Grundriss.jpg
    Aerial view → Château de Chillon vue aérienne.jpg
    Image → Castle of Chillon N.jpg
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Image of interior: Chateau de Chillon 28-08-2016 n63.jpg, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1785598819498; #TDFF2026 étape 1"
  2. 18w ago · Vicarage · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Short name → {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'Chillon'}
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