- The Castle of Gruyères has stood proudly atop a verdant hill at the foothills of the impressive Fribourg Pre-Alps since the 13th century.
- Château de Gruyères. Free rights. Share on … ... It would have replaced a hunting residence, built by the Count of Chiny around the year 1000.
- Located at the top of the town of Gruyères, Gruyères Castle is the former residence of the count and tells eight centuries of art, history and legends.
- There's the castle at the end of the single hilltop village street, just ahead of us -- actually, TWO castles, first St. Germain and then Gruyères.
- Explore the maze of cobblestone pathways, glimpsing panoramic views of the surrounding countryside as you make your way to the hilltop Castle of Gruyères.
- The castle, constructed in the 13th century, was home to a long succession of Gruyères counts.
- The Castle of Gruyères (French: Château de Gruyères ) is a castle in the town of Gruyères in the canton of Fribourg. Plant. The Castle of the Counts...
- The Count’s family seat was in the Swiss Canton of Fribourg, where his ancestral castle overlooked the town of Gruyères.
- Gruyères Castle, dating back to the 134th century, has been inhabited through the centuries by the counts of Gruyères, the bailiffs of Fribourg...