Verdun, France
17th century
Bonnemazon, France
1142
Lessay, France
11th century
Neuville-sous-Montreuil, France
1324
Saint-Mihiel, France
708-709 AD
Saint-Gelven, France
12th century
Mortain, France
1112
Saint-Savin, France
10th century
Saint-Privat, France
12th century
Pont-de-l'Arche, France
1189
Roujan, France
18th century
Le Cayrol, France
1147
Montivilliers, France
11th century
Lonlay-l'Abbaye, France
c. 1020
Blasimon, France
10th century AD
Hastingues, France
1167
Gorze, France
12th century
Pontlevoy, France
1034
Châtel-Chéhéry, France
12th century
La Roche-sur-Yon, France
1210
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.