- The castle, constructed in the 13th century, was home to a long succession of Gruyères counts.
- Château de Gruyères. Free rights. Share on … ... It would have replaced a hunting residence, built by the Count of Chiny around the year 1000.
- ...lavish tapestries and perfectly-preserved furniture while learning about Counts of Gruyères, the bailiffs who later inhabited the castle when the last count...
- Castle from the 11th to the 16th centuries was the count's residence, but later, after the ruin of the last count of Gruyères, it became the residence of the Friborg...
- The Castle of Gruyères has stood proudly atop a verdant hill at the foothills of the impressive Fribourg Pre-Alps since the 13th century.
- Gruyères Castle, once belonging to the counts, presides over the medieval town of Gruyères from the top of the hill.
- 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.
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- The land that Gruyeres Castle is on, is the property of the Counts of Gruyères. This lasted until the bankruptcy of Count Michel in 1554.