Explore the world-famous Neuschwanstein Castle and the charming town of Füssen in this visual journey through southern ...

Long before it helped to inspire Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland, Neuschwanstein was a refuge for Germany’s King Ludwig II of Bavaria who spent much of his kingdom’s fortune building ...

The Castles of King Ludwig II of Bavaria. Posted: March 26, 2025 | Last updated: March 27, 2025. Ludwig was a romantic dreamer who was responsible for some of Germany's best know castles.

Ludwig II's reputation as an eccentric, reclusive king makes it easy to see why Neuschwanstein Castle is so often called "the castle of the fairy-tale king." In a letter to his friend, German ...

In just a few days, the palaces of King Ludwig II of Bavaria could be added to the Unesco World Heritage Site list. Alongside ...

More than 25,000 castles crown the hills of Germany, ... a 19th-century castle in the Bavarian Alps that Disneyland Resort used as inspiration when designing Sleeping Beauty Castle. King Ludwig II ...

The fairy-tale castles of Bavaria's legendary King Ludwig II are now being considered for inclusion on the UNESCO World Heritage Sites ...

Modeled as a medieval knight's castle, inspiration for Neuschwanstein came during Ludwig II's travels in 1867 to Wartburg Castle near Eisenach, Germany and to Chateau de Pierrefonds in France.

Citizens of the U. S. know about Buckingham Palace and Versailles, yet cannot, in the main, so much as pronounce the names of those even more costly and unique royal castles of Bavaria ...

Bavaria’s King Ludwig II and his Neuschwanstein Castle play a starring role in the new ‘Inspiring Walt Disney’ exhibit running through March 27 at the Huntington Library.

You can visit the real German castle that inspired Disney’s Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty palaces ... Both King Ludwig and Bernhard were found dead on 13 June 1886 under mysterious circumstances.