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Although Linderhof is much smaller than Versailles, it is evident that the palace of the French Sun-King Louis XIV (who was an idol for Ludwig) was its inspiration. The staircase, for example, is a reduction of the famous Ambassador's staircase in Versailles, which would be copied in full in Herrenchiemsee, another palace project by Ludwig that was designed less as a residential building than ...
Between 1870 and 1872 he expanded the hunting house in Linderhof by a U-shaped building complex, whose centre was the stately bedroom. But this construction had to make place for a new Linderhof Palace, built 1874–1879. From 1868 Ludwig II commissioned a project for a new Versailles Palace in Linderhof Valley. From December 1868 till ...
The Linderhof Palace, the "Royal Villa" was built in 1870-1886 by King Ludwig II of Bavaria. It was planned as a small retreat, similar to the retreat of King Louis XiV. Where today the Linderhof Castle stands, stood until the mid 19th century a wooden farmhous, the King's Cottage on the grounds of Lynder court.
A possible building site was chosen in the Graswang valley near Ettal, the later site of Linderhof Palace. The garden façade. After several revisions, Dollmann's designs for a former pavilion resembling Grand Trianon or the Château de Marly had grown to a large palace, including a copy of the Versailles Hall of Mirrors.
In the park of Linderhof Palace the King had installed a similar grotto of greater dimensions. Opposite the study follows the dining room, adorned with themes of courtly love. Since the kitchen in Neuschwanstein is situated three stories below the dining room, it was impossible to install a wishing table (dining table disappearing by means of a ...
English: Linderhof Palace in southwest Bavaria, Germany is the smallest of the three palaces built by King Ludwig II of Bavaria and the only one which he lived to see completed. The water parterre in front of the palace is dominated by a large basin with the gilt fountain group Flora and puttos. The fountain's water jet is nearly 25 m high.
The palace itself features one-dozen suites, while the adjacent Meierhof — or administrative building — features more than 50 guest rooms, including three “Sound of Music” rooms.
Nicknamed the "fairy-tale king", the politically powerless Ludwig II wanted to recreate places from far away or from distant past. The Neuschwanstein castle (pictured) was inspired by the operas of Richard Wagner, the Herrenchiemsee by Versailles, and the Linderhof Palace both by Oriental buildings and by the world of Wagner. All three ...