Visby, Sweden
1225
Visby, Sweden
13th century
Hejde, Sweden
c. 1250
Grötlingbo, Sweden
13th century
Mästerby, Sweden
13th century
Follingbo, Sweden
c. 1200
Romakloster, Sweden
1215-1255
Gotland, Sweden
ca. 1300
Endre, Sweden
12th century
Stenkumla, Sweden
13th century
Hemse, Sweden
13th century
Romakloster, Sweden
12th century
Ljugarn, Sweden
c. 1200
Katthammarsvik, Sweden
13th century
Hemse, Sweden
13th century
Ala, Sweden
12th century
Havdhem, Sweden
12th century
Hemse, Sweden
12th century
Linde, Sweden
12th century
Fide, Sweden
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.