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Neuschwanstein Castle ( German: Schloss Neuschwanstein, pronounced [ˈʃlɔs nɔʏˈʃvaːnʃtaɪn]; Southern Bavarian: Schloss Neischwanstoa) is a 19th-century historicist palace on a rugged hill of the foothills of the Alps in the very south of Germany, near the border with Austria. It is located in the Swabia region of Bavaria, in the ...
Neuschwanstein Castle, elaborate castle near Füssen, Germany, built atop a rock ledge over the Pöllat Gorge in the Bavarian Alps by order of Bavaria’s King Louis II (“Mad King Ludwig”). Construction began in 1868 and was never completed. Neuschwanstein Castle, Bavaria, Germany. Louis II spent much of his childhood at Hohenschwangau ...
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Rudolf was born on 1 May 1218 at Limburgh Castle near Sasbach am Kaiserstuhl in the Breisgau region of present-day southwestern Germany. [1] He was the son of Count Albert IV of Habsburg and Hedwig, daughter of Count Ulrich of Kyburg. [2] Around 1232, he was given as a squire to his uncle, Rudolf I, Count of Laufenburg, to train in knightly ...
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Nov 24, 2020 · Completed in 1886, Neuschwanstein was inspired by Ludwig II’s declared desire to live somewhere designed “in the authentic style of the old German knights”. Ironically the castle that Ludwig desired to be his own private sanctuary, built away from the public eye in a remote mountain setting, wasn’t completed until seven weeks after his ...
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Feb 29, 2024 · Neuschwanstein Castle is a 19th-century palace in southwest Bavaria, Germany, near Hohenschwangau and Füssen. King Ludwig II of Bavaria commissioned the construction of Neuschwanstein Castle. It was designed in 1868 by set designer Christian Jank and then realized by architect Eduard Riedel.
Jul 9, 2023 · Neuschwanstein Castle is a prime example of 19th century Romantic style architecture. The exterior is made of brick and clad in limestone, which were lifted up to the castle via crane. The red Gatehouse was the first part built. Ludwig lived there until the Citadel was completed to oversee construction.
Neuschwanstein Castle is a 19th-century Romanesque Revival palace on a rugged hill above the village of Hohenschwangau near Füssen in southwest Bavaria, Germany. The palace was commissioned by King Ludwig II of Bavaria as a retreat and in honor of Richard Wagner. Seven weeks after the death of King Ludwig II in 1886, Neuschwanstein was opened ...
