Argyll and Bute, United Kingdom
c. 1450
Dumbarton, United Kingdom
c. 1220
Bothwell, United Kingdom
13th century
Argyll and Bute, United Kingdom
c. 1220
Dollar, United Kingdom
c. 1430
Rothesay, United Kingdom
13th century
Port Glasgow, United Kingdom
1478
Fort William, United Kingdom
c. 1280
Dundee, United Kingdom
1460
Isle of Arran, United Kingdom
13th century
Turriff, United Kingdom
13th century
Isle of Arran, United Kingdom
1510
Carnbee, United Kingdom
14th century
Kilmarnock, United Kingdom
1371
Abernethy, United Kingdom
1495
Argyll and Bute, United Kingdom
13th century
Edzell, United Kingdom
12th century
Huntly, United Kingdom
12th century
Isle of Mull, United Kingdom
13th century
Dufftown, United Kingdom
12th 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.