Carcassonne, France
333 AD
Carcassonne, France
c. 1130
Albi, France
13th century
Collioure, France
1207
Uzès, France
11th century
Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, France
Lourdes, France
11th century
Duilhac-sous-Peyrepertuse, France
806 AD
Castelnou, France
990 AD
Foix, France
10th century
Perpignan, France
1276-1309
Belcastel, France
9th century AD
Salses-le-Château, France
1497-1504
Estaing, France
15th century
Sévérac-d'Aveyron, France
13th century
Cucugnan, France
11th century
Penne, France
9th century AD
Lastours, France
11th century
Beaucens, France
14th century
Lavardens, France
1620
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.