Sorde-l'Abbaye, France
10th century AD
Arles, France
963 AD
Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe, France
c. 1050
Saint-Gilles, France
7th century
Le Thoronet, France
1176
La Sauve, France
1079
Asnières-sur-Oise, France
1228-1235
Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville, France
1113
Soissons, France
1076
Trois-Fontaines-l'Abbaye, France
1118
Gaillac, France
972 AD
Caen, France
1062
Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire, France
640 AD
Gruchet-le-Valasse, France
1150
Saint-Hilaire, France
8th century
Île Saint-Honorat, France
410 AD
Argoules, France
1226
Les Rues-des-Vignes, France
1132
Fécamp, France
658 AD, 1001
Plaine-et-Vallées, France
1095
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.