Córdoba, Spain
784 AD
Seville, Spain
1401
Oviedo, Spain
790s AD
Oviedo, Spain
781 AD
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
1075
Oviedo, Spain
9th century AD
Oviedo, Spain
761 AD
Oviedo, Spain
1590
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
1587
Toledo, Spain
1226-1493
Burgos, Spain
1221
Granada, Spain
1518
Burgos, Spain
1408
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
1599
Madrid, Spain
1879
León, Spain
c. 1205
Madrid, Spain
1786-1795
Salamanca, Spain
12th century
Pamplona, Spain
1180-1200
Salamanca, Spain
1513-1733
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.