The Residence

( Residenz )

An old castle, extended and improved, from the 14 century until it became a veritable palace

The Antiquarium/ Banquet Hall, with 70 metres long, was finished in 1600 .It´s one of the most splendid Renaissance room.

Portrait Gallery

The Queen´s sitting room

Audience Room,

setting for diplomatic ceremonies

State bedroom

Parcial view of the

“Rich Rooms”

Cabinet of miniatures

The Grotto Courtyard ( Grottenhof), dated from 1508, is a sort of open air festival´s hall

Mercury, messenger of gods,leaps out of the magnificent grotto

Linderhof Palace

Royal Villa of Ludwig II,

originally a hunting lodge

Terraced Hill Garden

Cascade´s gardens

Neuschwantein Castle

In 1869 Ludwig II rebuilt an existing ruin in the style of the “old German Knights”, as he wrote to Richard Wagner.“It´s not a copy of a medieval castle, but a typical historic creation”

View of Fussen district and its lakes from a window of the castle

Built from 17 to 19 century as a summer residence

Nymphenburg Palace

Scatered in the gardens are wonderfull pavillions

Pagodenbourg

Designed with chinese motives, typical of the periode

Chinese lacquar room

Babenburg

Hall of the mirrows

Amalienburg (hunting lodge)

Detail of wall´s kitchen with

decorated Dutch tiles

By Mariamocampos@gmail.com

Wagner & Ludwig II

Music: Die WalküreRichard Wagner

Photos:2006