Fortress
Fort de Chillon
🇨🇭 Switzerland · 20th century
The Fort de Chillon is a twentieth-century fortification directly adjacent to the medieval Château de Chillon on the edge of Lake Geneva in Switzerland. The fort secures the road and rail lines that pass along the lakeshore running east from Lausanne to the mountainous interior of Switzerland. The position is an advanced work protecting the approaches to Fortress Saint-Maurice, part of the Swiss National Redoubt. Deactivated as a military post in 1995, it is privately owned and has been converted into a museum.
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Fort de Chillon ranks #4,874 of 5,479 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #132 of the 141 mapped in Switzerland. Founded 1942 — one of 118 atlas entries founded in the 20th century. See how Switzerland compares in the castle statistics.
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