Le Mont-Saint-Michel, France
709 AD
Paris, France
1014
Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, France
1110
Seine-Saint-Denis, France
12th century
Caen, France
1067
Bouconville-Vauclair, France
1134
Marseille, France
11th century
Jumièges, France
654 AD
Arras, France
667 AD
Narbonne, France
1093
Lyon, France
1956-1960
Ottrott, France
690 AD
Paimpol, France
1202
Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France
11th century
Saintes, France
1047
Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, France
Auxerre, France
9th century
Nice, France
15th century
Metz, France
13th century
Munster, France
660 AD
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.