Tampere, Finland
1890
Tampere, Finland
1883-1885
Tampere, Finland
Museum founded in 1993
Tampere, Finland
1820-1920
Tampere, Finland
1946
Tampere, Finland
1902-1907
Tampere, Finland
1510-1530
Tampere, Finland
1898
Tampere, Finland
1880-1970s
Tampere, Finland
1880-1881
Tampere, Finland
1906
Tampere, Finland
1964-1966
Tampere, Finland
1900s
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.