Hautvillers, France
650 AD
Valbonne, France
1199-1230
Maillezais, France
11th century
Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines, France
819 AD
Tarascon, France
c. 960 AD
Airvault, France
c. 990 AD
Marmoutier, France
12th century
Boule-d'Amont, France
10th century
Daoulas, France
1173
Canigou, France
1005-1009
Lagrasse, France
779 AD
Caunes-Minervois, France
8th century
Valence-sur-Baïse, France
1151
Villeveyrac, France
1138
La Flotte, France
12th century
Cerisy-la-Forêt, France
1032
Metz, France
1248
Rives-d'Autise, France
c. 1069
Le Mans, France
1229
Fontaine-Chaalis, France
1136
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.