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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 ...
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 (born 1845) spent a large part of his childhood here.
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 ...
Ludwig, Otto’s father, had also objected to the latter. Specifically, the area proposed by Gärtner for the construction was at the junction of Stadiou Street (then a peripheral road) and Ermou Street, on a small and gentle hill. In addition to its healthy climate, the location overlooked Athens from its easternmost edge.
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] King Ludwig II of Bavaria purchased the ruin in 1883 and planned to construct a fairy tale castle, but the plans were abandoned upon his death in 1886.
Ludwig, who acceded to the throne upon the death of his father in 1825, felt a spiritual closeness to Greece, was an enthusiastic admirer of Ancient Greece, and wanted to turn his capital city of Munich into an “Athens on the Isar River”. Ludwig's second born son Otto was proclaimed King of Greece in 1832.
Ludwig only had an opportunity to stay at the Palace for a few days in September 1885, with a handful of rooms richly decorated and the unfinished parts covered by colorful canvasses. After the king's death in the following year, all construction work was discontinued. During the period between 1863 and 1886, 16,579,674 Marks [1] were spent.
Ludwig II King of Bavaria r. 1864–1886 "the Swan King" or "der Märchenkönig" (1845-1886) Otto I (VIII) King of Bavaria r. 1886–1913 deposed (1848–1916) Ludwig III Prince Regent, r. 1912–1913 King of Bavaria r. 1913–1918 abd. in pretence 1918–1921 (1845–1921) Maria Theresa of Austria-Este 1849–1919: Leopold, Fld. Mar. (1846 ...