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The Best Attractions In La Gruyere

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Lake of Gruyère is an artificial lake in the La Gruyère region of the Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. The reservoir was formed between the cities of Bulle and Fribourg, by building the Rossens Dam on the Sarine river in 1948. The arch dam has a height of 83 m and a crest length of 320 m. The reservoir filled in about four months after completion. The dam is operated by the Groupe E SA. The remains of the castle of Pont and a chapel are located on the Ile d'Ogoz, one of the five islets in the lake. The Viaduc du Lac de Gruyère of the A12 motorway was built in the 1970s. The bridge has a total length of 2043 m and crosses three valleys, including two...
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  • 1. Castle of Gruyeres Gruyeres
    The Castle of Gruyères , located in the medieval town of Gruyères, Fribourg, is one of the most famous in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
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  • 2. HR Giger Museum Gruyeres
    Hans Ruedi Giger was a Swiss painter, best known for airbrush images of humans and machines linked together in a cold biomechanical relationship. Later he abandoned airbrush work for pastels, markers, and ink. He was part of the special effects team that won an Academy Award for design work on the film Alien. In Switzerland there are two theme bars that reflect his interior designs, and his work is on permanent display at the H.R. Giger Museum at Gruyères. His style has been adapted to many forms of media, including record album covers, furniture, and tattoos.
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  • 3. Musee Gruerien Bulle
    The Musée gruérien is a museum dedicated to the ethnography and history of the Gruyère District of the Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. It is located in Bulle. Its collection of over 25,000 objects includes prints, drawings, paintings, sculpture, textiles, tools, woodwork, ceramics, furniture, photographs, and so on.The museum opened in 1917.
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  • 6. Ile d'Ogoz Gruyeres
    The Île d'Ogoz is an island in the Lake of Gruyère, located in the canton of Fribourg. It has a length of 130 metres and a width of about 70 metres. Its highest point is 688 metres above sea level or 11 metres above lake level . The distance from the shore is 160 metres. On the island are a ruined castle and a church. Before the completion of the Rossens Dam, it was a promontory overlooking the valley of the Sarine. It then became an island after the valley was flooded. When the level of the lake is at its lowest, the island becomes a 500-metre-long peninsula accessible to pedestrians. Politically the island belongs to the municipality of Pont-en-Ogoz in the district of Gruyère.
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  • 7. Le Moleson Moleson
    The Moléson is a mountain of the Swiss Prealps, overlooking the region of Gruyères in the canton of Fribourg. It lies at the northern end of the chain between Lake Geneva and the valley of the Sarine. The summit of the mountain can be easily reached, a cable car station being located near the summit at 1,982 metres as well as a meteorological station. From the village of Moléson-sur-Gruyères a funicular leads to Plan Francey , from where the cable car starts.
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