Chillon castle

Chillon Castle stands on a rock slightly rising above the surface of the lake, and is connected to the shore by a bridge. The combination of natural conditions and construction features allowed the castle to control the strategically important road between the lake and the mountains. For a long time, this road to Saint Bernard Pass served as the only transport route from Northern Europe to Southern Europe. It has not lost its importance until now.

The device of the castle amazes with its luxury. In the Great Hall with the coat of arms of Savoy there is a magnificent ceiling and an impressive fireplace of the XV century. Attract attention oak columns, beautiful furniture and a collection of tin dishes. In the old festive hall, decorated with a wooden ceiling in the form of an inverted underwater part of the ship, currently there is a museum of weapons (musket decorated with mother-of-pearl and bone, in the butt of which you can store gunpowder), armor, tin dishes, furniture. In the spacious Knight's or Arms Hall not walls - coats of arms Bern officials.

From the roof of the donjon, where you can get by climbing a narrow staircase, there is a beautiful view of the lake and the Alps.