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The Château de Chillon (Chillon Castle) is located on the shore of Lake Geneva. The castle consists of 100 independent buildings that were gradually connected. The first written record of the castle is in 1160 or 1005. Lord Byron wrote the poem The Prisoner Of Chillon (1816) about François de Bonivard, monk and politician who was imprisoned there. Byron also carved his name on a pillar of the dungeon. Chillon is open to the public for tours.
Villa Badoer is a villa in Fratta Polesine in northern Italy. It was designed in 1556 by Andrea Palladio for the Venetian noble Francesco Badoer, and built between 1557 and 1563, on the site of a medieval castle which guarded a bridge across a navigable canal. This was the first time Palladio used his fully developed temple pediment in the facade of a villa. Villa Badoer has been part since 1996 of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto".
You can buy a 1200yr-old Italian castle with its own private prison
You can buy a 1200yr-old Italian castle with its own private prison