Trizay, France
11th century
Finistère, France
482 AD
Cernay-la-Ville, France
1118
Codalet, France
879 AD
Le Bec-Hellouin, France
1034
Saint-Papoul, France
8th century
Bernay, France
11th century
Collobrieres, France
1174
Bruère-Allichamps, France
1136
Saint-Wandrille-Rançon, France
649 AD
Saint-Martin-le-Vieil, France
1180
Arles-sur-Tech, France
778 AD
Évreux, France
10th century
Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France
1345
Angers, France
1060-1119
Hambye, France
c. 1145
Ille-et-Vilaine, France
1199
Laon, France
1124
Laon, France
1128
Saint-Gabriel-Brécy, France
1058
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.