Bath, United Kingdom
Celtic
Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom
3000-2500 BC
Orkney, United Kingdom
Orkney, United Kingdom
2500-2000 BC
Newport, United Kingdom
90 AD
Burghead, United Kingdom
3rd century AD
Orkney, United Kingdom
500-200 BC
Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom
3000-2500 BC
Orkney, United Kingdom
3100 BC
Holyhead, United Kingdom
3rd century AD
Orkney, United Kingdom
500-200 BC
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
140 AD
Brading, United Kingdom
1st century AD
St Cleer, United Kingdom
3500-2000 BCE
Shetland, United Kingdom
2500 BC
Llanddaniel Fab, United Kingdom
3000 BCE
Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom
3000-2500 BC
Newport, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom
3500 BCE
Penwith, United Kingdom
100 BCE
Penwith, United Kingdom
2500-1500 BCE
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.