Chateau de Chillon 2 by CDBrugg

Photography • Medieval • posted on Mar 25, 2006

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Description

Chillon Castle is just oustide Montreux in Switzerland. This part of the country was conquered/liberated by the Bernese invasion of 1536. At the time, the castle belonged to the Dukes of Savoy who had left the castle nearly empty. When the Bernese army arrived, itdidn't have a siege-train or long enough ladders with which to climb the walls. The soldiers waited around for a couple of days until the ladders could be built (possibly sampling some of the products of the local vineyardsto keep themselves occupied). This gave plenty of time for the couple of caretakers and cooks to get on a boat and row to safety to the other (French) side of the lake. The castle has belonged to Switzerland ever since. ;-))

Comments (22)

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oscilis

10:46AM | Sat, 25 March 2006

Wonderful story. Excellent image.

Valerie-Ducom

10:59AM | Sat, 25 March 2006

superbe mon grand!!!! encore une tr belle capture de ce si beau cheau... il est incroyable celui-l!! bonne journ mon grand et bonne capture;) (au fait, dis moi que ton zoom est arriv

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Undertaker

11:04AM | Sat, 25 March 2006

Beautiful work.

VicTheSwede

11:10AM | Sat, 25 March 2006

Thanks for the history lesson and the beautiful picture. (you just love to teach, don't you?)

ModestyB

11:13AM | Sat, 25 March 2006

Lovley capture of that castell :)

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devineydesignsllc

11:42AM | Sat, 25 March 2006

LOV-IT!

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SNAKEY

11:46AM | Sat, 25 March 2006

I agree with everyone ....its lovely capture and I also love the charcoal kinda treatment to it.:O))

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jocko500

12:07PM | Sat, 25 March 2006

love this so much and a lovely shot too

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GiMi53

12:20PM | Sat, 25 March 2006

Tr beau cadrage de ce cheau (de mes jeux d'enfant...) ! :~)

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Margana

12:26PM | Sat, 25 March 2006

If I'm correct,it was your fabulous b/w photos (especially of architecture),which drew me to your gallery in the first place.They are always textbook perfect.Fabulous shot,Charles,brilliantly toned,and with a wonderful pov.Lovely to see such wonderful work again.-M :^)

soulofharmony

12:40PM | Sat, 25 March 2006

beautiful play of light over the turrets..and works perfectly in monochrome... excellent presentation :)..

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Hendesse

12:49PM | Sat, 25 March 2006

Greatings from the middle ages. Fantastic shot, very detailled. Excellent POV and light. Fits very well in B&W. Superb!!!

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danob

1:03PM | Sat, 25 March 2006

Lovely image and a great story would that all conflicts end so peacefully

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jcv2

1:27PM | Sat, 25 March 2006

Another stunning capture of this impressive castle I've not even noticed from a large distance! hits head Too bad, but the castle is still there! :)

cynlee

1:34PM | Sat, 25 March 2006

fascinating times!! where's my knight.. kowtow

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kimariehere

1:56PM | Sat, 25 March 2006

i loved reading the story!! .. what a beautiful castle this is!!... wow the 1500s the only thing that old we have around here are the rocks and trees ..LOL!..

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lafayette

2:23PM | Sat, 25 March 2006

Superbe architecture, le noir et blanc lui va a ravir!

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claudialee

4:53PM | Sat, 25 March 2006

What a perfect picture. Thank you for adding the note of history as there is so very little we know about these beautiful pieces of architecture.

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bentchick

9:43PM | Sat, 25 March 2006

Wonderful B&W!!! Thanks for sharing it's history too!

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hotracer2

10:42PM | Sat, 25 March 2006

Beautiful castle and history lession, superb capture:):)..v

pimbotin

11:40PM | Sun, 26 March 2006

Montreux est aussi l'endroit ol'on compte le plus de fans de Deep Purple au monde... Et aussi la "perle du lan" comme disent les helviens, et aussi le pied des rochers de Naye comme disent les fans des pentes thermiques... Superbe photo!

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