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Linderhof Palace (German: Schloss Linderhof) is a schloss in Germany, in southwest Bavaria near the village of Ettal.It is the smallest of the three palaces built by King Ludwig II of Bavaria and the only one which was actually completed and that he lived in most of the time from 1876.
The island, formerly the site of an Augustinian monastery, was purchased by King Ludwig II of Bavaria in 1873. The king had the premises converted into a residence, known as the Old Palace (Altes Schloss). From 1878 onwards, he had the New Herrenchiemsee Palace (Neues Schloss) erected, based on the model of Versailles. It was the largest, but ...
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.
Herrenchiemsee, palace built by Ludwig II of Bavaria; Linderhof Palace, palace built by Ludwig II of Bavaria; Neuschwanstein, palace built by Ludwig II of Bavaria; Ansbach Residence, Ansbach, residence of the margraves of Ansbach; Seehof Palace, Memmelsdorf; Alte Hofhaltung and Neue Residenz, Bamberg, residence of the prince-bishops of Bamberg
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 ...
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.
In the Middle Ages, three castles overlooked the villages. One was called Schwanstein Castle. [nb 1] In 1832, Ludwig's father, King Maximilian II of Bavaria, bought its ruins to replace them with the comfortable neo-Gothic palace known as Hohenschwangau Castle. Finished in 1837, the palace became his family's summer residence, and his elder son ...
Ludwig II of Bavaria Falkenstein Castle or Castrum Pfronten is the ruin of a castle in the Bavarian Alps , near Pfronten, Germany . At 1,277 metres (4,190 ft) above sea level , it is Germany's highest castle. [ 1 ]