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"Dragonheart Finale" by *Munzel Welcome to the second page of castles from the tour.
The palace has 70 rooms, of which 50 were never completed. Ludwig lived here for a total of just 10 days in September 1885. The most famous part of the palace is the Hall of Mirrors. It is 98 metres long and has 44 candelabras and 33 chandeliers. Gilt work is everywhere in the palace. Steps lead down from the dressing room to the ground floor; here is where the royal kitchens and Ludwig's round, heated swimming pool are found.
Ludwig II built this secluded hunting lodge, it was known as the Kings Hut. Ludwig decided that this will be a New Versailles. It was planned as a modest villa but had become a splendid Rococo palace in the ornate French style. Linderhof is the smallest of the three royal castles, and the only one which was completely finished. (1878).
Neuschwanstein Castle, royal palace in the Bavarian Alps of Germany, the most famous of three royal palaces built for Louis II of Bavaria, sometimes referred to as Mad King Ludwig, who grew up nearby at Hohenschwangau Castle Begun in 1869 and left unfinished at Louis's death in 1886, the castle is the embodiment of 19th century romanticism. In a fantastical imitation of a medieval castle, Neuschwanstein is set with towers and spires and is spectacularly sited on a high point over the Pöllat River gorge.
The first chapel on this site was founded in 708 by Aubert, Bishop of Avranches , after the Archangel Michael has appeared to him in a dream. The Archangel Michel appeared here in the year 708. The Abbey takes the name of Mont saint Michel. The oratory, consecrated in 709 was served by a community of canons. It apparently survived the Norman invasions, but the observance of the rule became very relaxed. In 966 Richard I, Duke of Normandy, established there the Benedictine monks from St. Wandrille Abbeyunder the direction of Abbot Maynard, who began the reconstructions of the church and other buildings. The church was burnt in 922 and rebuilt on a larger scale by Abbot Hildebert II from 1023, at the time of the monastic reforms in Normandy carried out by Richard II and William of Volpiano
Castles on the Rhine Heidelberg Castle
Nymphenburg Palace
Marienplatz Glockenspeil
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Herrenchiemsee,
a Palace of Ten Days, is on the island of Chiemsee. This is the final
castle of Ludwig II and the biggest and most expensive of all 16.6
million. It looks like Versailles. First you go through the vestibule and
then to the Hartschier Hall. Then finally to the royal bed chamber in
which no-one ever slept. Thirty industrious women worked for 7 years on
the embroidery for the bed cover.
King
Ludwig II said. "I intend to rebuild the old castle ruins of
Hohenschwangau by the Pollat Gorge in the genuine style of the old German
Knightly fortresses........the spot is one of the most beautiful that one
could ever find. "
Le
Mont-Saint-Michel, rocky, cone-shaped islet in northwestern France,
in the Gulf of Saint-Malo, connected by a causeway with the mainland. The
islet, celebrated for its Benedictine abbey, has small houses and shops on
its lowest level. Above these stand the monastic buildings, many of which
date from the 13th century and are considered outstanding examples of
Gothic architecture. The entire islet is crowned by the abbey church,
about 73 m (about 240 ft) above sea level. 
The
Palace of Versailles was the official residence of the Kings of France
from 1682 until 1790. It was originally a hunting lodge, built in 1624, by
Louis XIII. It was expanded by Louis XIV beginning in 1669. He used
it as a little lodge as a secret refuge for his amorous trysts with the
lovely Louise de la Valliere and built a fairy tale park around it.
Jules Hardouin Mansart, the king's principal architect, drew the plans to
enlarge what was turning more and more into a palace from A Thousand and
One Nights. The terrace that overlooked the gardens was removed to make
way for the magnificent Hall of Mirrors, the Galarie de Glaces. It is here
from which the king radiated his power and where the destiny of Europe was
decided over a century. The French classical architecture was complemented
by extensive gardens.
