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Saint-Germain Castle
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
, a
permanent
repository
of his
work
. His
wife
,
Carmen
Maria
Scheifele
Giger, is the
Director
of the H.R. Giger Museum.