Beaucaire, France
9th century
Villefranche-de-Rouergue, France
1451
Redon, France
832 AD
Saint-Omer, France
7th century AD
Saint-Germain-la-Blanche-Herbe, France
1121
Passa, France
1116
Juaye-Mondaye, France
1200
Sablonceaux, France
1136
Mont-Saint-Éloi, France
600-700 AD
Arboussols, France
1129
Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys, France
11th century
Celles-sur-Belle, France
1660-1685
Saint-Bris-des-Bois, France
1111
Le Havre, France
11th century
Saint-Sever, France
10th century AD
Saint-Jean-d'Angély, France
1622
Saint-Florent-le-Vieil, France
14th century
Lisors, France
1134
Saint-Sever, France
1280
Jouarre, France
630 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.