The Swiss Riviera 
vineyards. The style of the dances 
vary from the Greek Bacchanalian 
feast to the “falling of the autumn 
leaves,” which latter dance is very 
suggestive of the modern skirt dance. 
The influence of the “cake-walk” 
has not as yet made its impression 
on the rustics of the Mountain Re¬ 
public. The whole fete is very artis¬ 
tically done and very well carried 
out, and the music, which is written 
for the occasion, both vocal and in¬ 
strumental, is excellent. 
The architectural and historic in¬ 
terest of the neighborhood, of course, 
centres in the castle of Chillon, 
visited by Bonnivard, Byron and 
Baedeker, and each in his way helped 
THE CHATEAU DE CHATELARD 
THE VILLAGE AND CHATEAU OF AIGLE 
Bernese held the castle for two and 
a half centuries, until 1798, when it 
was retaken by the Vaudois almost 
without a struggle. Bonnivard, the 
hero of Chillon, was a rich young 
nobleman in the neighborhood of 
Geneva, who bravely risked himself 
and his fortune to aid the Vaudois 
to regain possession of their fortress, 
but was taken prisoner and confined 
in the fortress for six years prior to 
its fall. 
At the beginning of the tenth cen¬ 
tury, the family of Blonay sought to 
create a private estate between Vevey 
and Villeneuve, but, torn on one side 
by the Bishop of Sion and on the 
other by the house of De La Vaux, 
to bring it to public notice. In the 
year 1005 the chateau was the prop¬ 
erty of the Bishop of Sion, whose 
residential castle was a short distance 
up the Rhone valley, but the real 
importance of Chillon dates from the 
thirteenth century, when Peter of 
Savoie, surnamed the “Little Charle¬ 
magne,” added the greater part of 
the Vaud to the House of Savoie. A 
great part of the present fortress was 
then added to what was before not 
much more than a tower. Chillon, 
to which was tied many of the sur¬ 
rounding noblemen, remained in the 
hands of the Dukes of Savoie until 
1536, when it was taken by the 
Bernese, and with it the entire sub¬ 
mission of the Vaud country. The 
THE OUTER COURT—CHILLON 
