Neuschwanstein
Coordinates: 47°33′27″N 10°45′00″E / 47.55750°N 10.75000°E / 47.55750; 10.75000
| Neuschwanstein Castle | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Architectural style | Romanesque Revival |
| Location | Schwangau, Germany |
| Construction started | 5 September 1869 |
| Completed | c. 1892 (unfinished) |
| Design and construction | |
| Owner | Bavarian Palace Department |
| Architect | Eduard Riedel |
| Civil engineer | Eduard Riedel, Georg von Dollmann, Julius Hofmann |
| Other designers | Ludwig II, Christian Jank |
Neuschwanstein Castle (German: Schloss Neuschwanstein, ) is a 19th-century Romanesque Revival palace on a rugged hill above the village of Hohenschwangau near Füssen 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 by means of extensive borrowing, not with Bavarian public funds (see below).
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. Since then over 60 million people have visited Neuschwanstein Castle. More than 1.3 million people visit annually, with up to 6,000 per day in the summer. The palace has appeared prominently in several movies and was the inspiration for Disneyland's Sleeping Beauty Castle and later, similar structures.
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