Wednesday, November 24, Lee and I traveled with Anne and Irving Driscoll to the Château de Chillon, which is located on the shore of Lake Geneva, near Montreux, Switzerland. The castle consists of 100 independent buildings that were gradually connected to become the building as it stands now. The first written record of the castle is in 1160. From the mid 12th century, the castle was home to the Counts of Savoy. It was made popular by Lord Byron, who wrote the poem, Le prisonnier de Chillon (The Prisoner of Chillon) in 1816. This poem is about François de Bonivard, a Genevois monk and politician who was imprisoned there from 1530 to 1536. Byron also carved his name on a pillar of the dungeon. The castle is one of the settings in Henry James's novel, Daisy Miller (1878). Très intéressant!
Mme. Wallace
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