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Chillon Castle

moated castle in Veytaux in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland
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Chillon Castle

Summary

Chillon Castle is a water castle[1]. It draws 289 Wikipedia views per month (water_castle category, ranking #2 of 18).[2]

Key Facts

  • Chillon Castle is located in Veytaux[3].
  • Chillon Castle is in the country of Switzerland[4].
  • Chillon Castle's video is recorded as Château de Chillon video.webm[5].
  • Chillon Castle's image is recorded as 001 Chateau de Chillon and Dents du Midi Photo by Giles Laurent.jpg[6].
  • Chillon Castle's instance of is recorded as water castle[7].
  • Chillon Castle's instance of is recorded as château[8].
  • Chillon Castle's instance of is recorded as museum building[9].
  • Chillon Castle's architect is recorded as James of Saint George[10].
  • Chillon Castle's architectural style is recorded as Romanesque architecture[11].
  • Chillon Castle's architectural style is recorded as Gothic architecture[12].
  • Chillon Castle's made from material is recorded as stone[13].
  • Chillon Castle's GND ID is recorded as 4085252-0[14].
  • Chillon Castle's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh2001008487[15].
  • Chillon Castle's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 15659052b[16].
  • Chillon Castle's IdRef ID is recorded as 07012678X[17].
  • Chillon Castle's part of is recorded as list of cultural properties in Veytaux[18].
  • Chillon Castle's Commons category is recorded as Château de Chillon[19].
  • Chillon Castle's PCP reference number is recorded as 06544[20].
  • Chillon Castle's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 6501627[21].
  • Chillon Castle's Structurae structure ID is recorded as 20027474[22].
  • Chillon Castle's occupant is recorded as Château de Chillon[23].
  • +1160-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Chillon Castle[24].
  • Chillon Castle's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 46.41416666666667, 'lon': 6.9275}[25].
  • Chillon Castle's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04ddpz[26].
  • Chillon Castle's significant event is recorded as architectural reconstruction[27].

Body

Geography

Chillon Castle is in the country of Switzerland[4]. It is located in Veytaux[3]. Its part of is recorded as list of cultural properties in Veytaux[18].

Physical Characteristics

Chillon Castle's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+100'}[28].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include water castle[7], château[8], and museum building[9]. Heritage statuses include class A Swiss cultural property of national significance[29] and Swiss townscape worthy of protection[30].

History and Context

+1160-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Chillon Castle[24].

Why It Matters

Chillon Castle draws 289 Wikipedia views per month (water_castle category, ranking #2 of 18).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Related Entities

Andre Geim Switzerland

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

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

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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