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river which, at the time, protected the southern side of the castle. Today the Rhone flows a little over 1 km (0.62 mi) from the walls. There were four gates which led into the fortification. The original castle was on the western side of the ridge, but only a few traces of the walls
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Saillon Castle is composed of several towers and walls built on a steep, rocky ridge above
Saillon. There was probably a small castle on the site during the 12th century. The castle was built between 1257 and 1262 and consists of a roughly circular
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in the 11th century. However, in the 12th century the independent Barons of
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