Caen, France
c. 1060
Eu, France
1578
Dieppe, France
1188
Rouen, France
1204-1210
Les Andelys, France
1196
Falaise, France
1123
Fécamp, France
11th century
Vascœuil, France
15th century
Vernon, France
1196
Harcourt, France
12th century
Vernon, France
1123
Le Neubourg, France
13th century
Martainville-Épreville, France
15th century
Saint-Germain-de-Livet, France
1561-1578
Mézidon-Canon, France
1727
Acquigny, France
1557
Gisors, France
1095
Vauville, France
17th century
Creully, France
c. 1360
Bricquebec, France
11th century
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.