- Gruyères Castle is 800 years old, and it houses the treasures of the ancient Counts of Gruyères and the Museum of Alien creator HR Giger.
- Gruyères Castle is 800 years old, and it houses the treasures of the ancient Counts of Gruyères and the Museum of Alien creator HR Giger.
- Gruyères Castle has stood proudly atop a verdant hill in the heart of Switzerland since the 13th century. Surrounded by the magnificent panorama of the Alpine...
- The castle was the residence of the counts of Gruyères. The castle, constructed in the 13th century, was home to a long succession of Gruyères counts.
- The hilltop castle was built between 1270 and 1282 and belonged to the Counts of Gruyere. Gruyères, Switzerland.
- The main street in the town of Gruyères. A white crane on a red background is the coat of arms of the Gruyère count family. The largest room in the castle is the...
- Its residents converted the fortress into a castle in the late 18th century and in 1801 it became private property when the Counts of Pourtalès purchased it.
- For nearly five centuries, the counts were to rule from Gruyères an important territory made up of castellanies on both sides of the Sarine, but also seigneuries...
- The Castle of Gruyères (in French: château de Gruyères), located in the medieval town of Gruyères, Fribourg, is one of the most famous in Switzerland.
- This Swiss heritage site of national significance was built in the late 13th century and belonged to the Counts of Gruyères until the mid-16th century.