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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 ...
English: Linderhof Palace is a Schloss in southwest Bavaria near Ettal Abbey. It is the smallest of the three palaces built by King Ludwig II. of Bavaria and the only one which he lived to see completed.
English: Linderhof Castle, Bavaria (Germany) - east view. ... Landscape mode (for landscape photos with the background in focus) Exif version: 2.2: Date and time of ...
Using a 0.2304 troy ounce (7.171 g) 1890 '20 Mark' gold coin as a benchmark, this equates to 190,998 oz of gold, which at October 2013 prices was worth approximately £154,000,000 (US$250,100,000), more than the total construction cost of Linderhof and Neuschwanstein Castle together. The expenses brought the royal finances to the verge of ...
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.
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Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria (left) with his parents and his younger brother, Prince Otto, 1860. Born at Nymphenburg Palace, [5] which is located in what is today part of central Munich, he was the elder son of Maximilian II of Bavaria and Marie of Prussia, Crown Prince and Princess of Bavaria, who became King and Queen in 1848 after the abdication of the former's father, Ludwig I, during ...