Gate and fortified house of the Saint-Germain family, Medieval fortified house in Gruyères, Switzerland.

The gate and fortified house of the Saint-Germain family stands in Gruyères, Canton of Fribourg, as a Swiss heritage site of national significance. Its gray plastered walls form an L around a paved courtyard, with a steeply pitched roof of dark tiles. Two white-framed, grilled windows sit one above the other on the left facade, and a short stone staircase with a black iron railing leads to an upper level.

The building is a gate and fortified house of the Saint-Germain family, listed as a class A Swiss cultural property of national significance. In 1998 the Swiss surrealist painter, sculptor and set designer H. R. Giger acquired it; it now houses the H. R. Giger Museum, whose director is his wife, Carmen Maria Scheifele Giger.

The building has housed the H. R. Giger Museum since 1998, when the Swiss surrealist painter, sculptor and set designer acquired the castle. His wife, Carmen Maria Scheifele Giger, is the museum's director. The collection is a permanent repository of his work, and a bar is attached to the museum.

The building stands in Gruyères, in the canton of Fribourg, and is reached on foot through the village. The H. R. Giger Museum and Bar opened here after the artist acquired the castle in 1998; his wife, Carmen Maria Scheifele Giger, directs the museum. The entrance is marked by a tall stone pedestal holding a dark bust, with a white sign reading "Galerie du Miroir".

H. R. Giger bought the castle in 1998, and his wife Carmen Maria Scheifele Giger directs the museum it now holds. The white sign reading "Galerie du Miroir" on the stone pedestal beneath a dark bust marks the entrance area of the courtyard.