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Castle in Gruyères, Fribourg, Switzerland
Saint-Germain Castle
Gruyères
Saint-Germain Castle
Saint-Germain Castle is located in Canton of FribourgSaint-Germain CastleSaint-Germain CastleShow map of Canton of FribourgSaint-Germain Castle is located in SwitzerlandSaint-Germain CastleSaint-Germain CastleShow map of Switzerland
Coordinates46°35′03″N 7°04′57″E / 46.58405°N 7.082402°E / 46.58405; 7.082402
CodeCH-FR
Site information
ConditionHome of the H. R. Giger Museum
Saint Germain Castle (left), Gruyères Castle (center) and Saint-Théodule Church (right, foreground)

Saint-Germain Castle is a castle in the municipality of Gruyères of the Canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

In 1998 Swiss surrealist painter, sculptor and set designer H. R. Giger acquired the castle, and it now houses the H. R. Giger Museum and Bar, a permanent repository of his work. His wife, Carmen Maria Scheifele Giger, is the Director of the H.R. Giger Museum.

See also

References

  1. "Kantonsliste A-Objekte". KGS Inventar (in German). Federal Office of Civil Protection. 2009. Archived from the original on 28 June 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
  2. Gary Singh, "Giger Harvest", Silicon Alleys, Metro Silicon Valley, 8–14 July 2009, p. 8.
  3. "HR Giger Abbreviated Biography", 12 December 2012.
Castles and fortresses of the Canton of Canton of Fribourg
See also
Castles of Switzerland
Castles of Europe


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