Seville, Spain
10th century AD
Granada, Spain
889 AD
Burgos, Spain
16th century
Córdoba, Spain
8th century AD
Málaga, Spain
756-780 AD
Segovia, Spain
12th century
Ávila, Spain
11th century
Seville, Spain
13th century
Toledo, Spain
10th century
Córdoba, Spain
12th century
Córdoba, Spain
206 BCE
Toledo, Spain
1559
Málaga, Spain
929 AD
Toledo, Spain
1540s
Mérida, Spain
835 AD
Granada, Spain
14th century
Arcos de la Frontera, Spain
11th century
Toledo, Spain
1576
Ibiza, Spain
12th century
Tarifa, Spain
960 AD
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.