Saint-Germain Castle Explained

Saint-Germain Castle
Condition:Home of the H. R. Giger Museum
Location:Gruyères
Coordinates:46.5841°N 7.0824°W
Map Type:Canton of Fribourg#Switzerland
Code:CH-FR

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.[1]

In 1998 Swiss surrealist painter, sculptor and set designer H. R. Giger acquired the castle, and it now houses the H. R. Giger Museum, a permanent repository of his work.[2] His wife, Carmen Maria Scheifele Giger, is the Director of the H.R. Giger Museum.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kantonsliste A-Objekte. 2009. KGS Inventar. Federal Office of Civil Protection. German. 25 April 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100628110559/http://www.bevoelkerungsschutz.admin.ch/internet/bs/de/home/themen/kgs/kgs_inventar/a-objekte.html. 28 June 2010.
  2. Gary Singh, "Giger Harvest", Silicon Alleys, Metro Silicon Valley, 8–14 July 2009, p. 8.
  3. http://www.hrgiger.com/bio.htm "HR Giger Abbreviated Biography"