Edinburgh, United Kingdom
12th century
Stirling, United Kingdom
12th century
Linlithgow, United Kingdom
1302
Highland, United Kingdom
13th century
Highland, United Kingdom
c. 1250
St Andrews, United Kingdom
1400
Kirkwall, United Kingdom
12th century
Stonehaven, United Kingdom
15th century
Doune, United Kingdom
14th century
Blackness, United Kingdom
1440s
Blair Atholl, United Kingdom
13th century
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
c. 1375-1425
Aberdour, United Kingdom
c. 1200
Isle of Skye, United Kingdom
c. 1350
Dornoch, United Kingdom
c. 1500
Cawdor, United Kingdom
15th century
Seamill, United Kingdom
14th century
Ayr, United Kingdom
15th century
Dundee, United Kingdom
1490
Highland, United Kingdom
13th/19th 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.