Le Mont-Saint-Michel, France
8th century
Carcassonne, France
333 AD
Carcassonne, France
c. 1130
Strasbourg, France
1230
Marseille, France
1660
Les Baux-de-Provence, France
10th century AD
Chambord, France
1519-1547
Francueil, France
1515-1521
La Rochelle, France
13th century
Amboise, France
15th century
Villandry, France
1532
Chantilly, France
1560/1875
Blois, France
9th century
Eguisheim, France
13th century
Albi, France
13th century
Orschwiller, France
12th century
Nantes, France
1207
Saint-Malo, France
1424
Bordeaux, France
c. 1494
Collioure, France
1207
Linderhof is the smallest of the three palaces built by King Ludwig II of Bavaria and the only one which he lived to see completed.
Ludwig II, who was crowned king in 1864, began his building activities in 1867-1868 by redesigning his rooms in the Munich Residenz and laying the foundation stone of Neuschwanstein Castle. In 1868 he was already making his first plans for Linderhof. However, neither the palace modelled on Versailles that was to be sited on the floor of the valley nor the large Byzantine palace envisaged by Ludwig II were ever built.
Instead, the new building developed around the forester's house belonging to his father Maximilian II, which was located in the open space in front of the present palace and was used by the king when crown prince on hunting expeditions with his father.