Stevenston, United Kingdom
c. 1191
Argyll and Bute, United Kingdom
c. 1500
Helensburgh, United Kingdom
12th century
Argyll and Bute, United Kingdom
13th century
Highland, United Kingdom
12th century
Highland, United Kingdom
c. 1460
Argyll and Bute, United Kingdom
13th century
Kilbirnie, United Kingdom
15th century
Isle of Bute, United Kingdom
14th century
Gourock, United Kingdom
14th century
Argyll and Bute, United Kingdom
c. 1290
Peterhead, United Kingdom
12th century
Girvan, United Kingdom
15th century
Evanton, United Kingdom
c. 1154
Highland, United Kingdom
13th century
Argyll and Bute, United Kingdom
12th century
Isle of Arran, United Kingdom
13th century
Argyll and Bute, United Kingdom
12th century
North Lanarkshire, United Kingdom
c. 1480
Highland, United Kingdom
13th 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.