Photography | Neuschwanstein Castle
Neuschwanstein Castle is a 19th-century Romanesque Revival Palace on a rugged hill above the village of
Hohenschwangau near Fussen in southwest Bavaria, Germany.
The palace was commissioned by Ludwig II of Bavaria as a retreat and as an homage to Richard Wagner.
Ludwig paid for the palace out of his personal fortune and extensive borrowing, not with Bavarian public funds.
The palace was intended as a personal refuge for the reclusive king, but it was opened to the paying public immediately after
his death in 1886. The palace has appeared prominently in several movies and
was the inspiration for Disneyland's Sleeping Beauty Castle.
Hohenschwangau near Fussen in southwest Bavaria, Germany.
The palace was commissioned by Ludwig II of Bavaria as a retreat and as an homage to Richard Wagner.
Ludwig paid for the palace out of his personal fortune and extensive borrowing, not with Bavarian public funds.
The palace was intended as a personal refuge for the reclusive king, but it was opened to the paying public immediately after
his death in 1886. The palace has appeared prominently in several movies and
was the inspiration for Disneyland's Sleeping Beauty Castle.