BAVARIA REGION FOR A SECOND

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Inside the Castle photos are forbidden.

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. 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.



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 and later, similar structures.

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Comments

[Dancing Dave]

Magical
Truly magical pic. It deserves a title, so if you could give the photo a title it would top it off.