Ljubljana, Slovenia
1646-1660
Ljubljana, Slovenia
1701-1707
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c. 1404
Piran, Slovenia
1439
Piran, Slovenia
15th century
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1344
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1270
Bled, Slovenia
17th century
Ljubljana, Slovenia
1613-1615
Piran, Slovenia
1773
Ljubljana, Slovenia
1718-1726
Ljubljana, Slovenia
1672-1696
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12th century
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1905
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1248
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1892-1900
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12th century
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1306
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1400
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1493
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.