Overlooking the picturesque town of Gruyères, the castle invites you to travel back in time from the Middle Ages to the 21st century. Inside its towers and ramparts, the rooms of the counts and bailiffs.

Overlooking the picturesque town of Gruyères, the castle invites you to take a journey through time, from the Middle Ages to the 21st century. Inside its towers and ramparts, the rooms of the counts and bailiffs (13th-19th c.) feature a wide variety of furniture, paintings, sculptures, heraldic stained glass and tapestries. Of particular interest are the chapes of the Order of the Golden Fleece from the Battle of Murten (1476). In the Bovy-Balland family apartments (19th-20th c.), you can admire panelling painted by J.-B. Camille Corot, B. Menn and H. Baron. Baron, as well as A. Bovy's collection of coins and medals. Bovy, paintings by A. Baud-Bovy and the Braschoss fortepiano (1837). The murals in the Knights' Hall, by D. Bovy and B. Menn, illustrate the legends of the Counts of Gruyères. An impressive multimedia show on the history of the castle and temporary exhibitions complete the visit.


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