neuschwanstein castle tours Archives - TravelsFinders.Com ® http://travelsfinders.com/tag/neuschwanstein-castle-tours Tue, 28 Mar 2017 15:23:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 Neuschwanstein CASTLE BAVARIA, GERMANY http://travelsfinders.com/neuschwanstein-castle-bavaria-germany.html http://travelsfinders.com/neuschwanstein-castle-bavaria-germany.html#respond Thu, 08 Sep 2016 13:05:39 +0000 http://travelsfinders.com/?p=220896 EDUARD RIEDEL High on a crag near the village of Hohenschwangau in southwest Bavaria lies the fairy-tale castle of Neuschwanstein. It was built in the late 19th century for King Ludwig II of Bavaria, who had been inspired by visits to two ancient castles-the Wartburg in Germany and Pierrefonds in France-both reconstructed in the medieval style with massive walls, tall towers, and battlements, but furnished with palatial interiors. Ludwig was obsessed by medieval history and the operas of Richard Wagner-dramatic sagas of gods, heroes, and knights-and wanted a mock-medieval castle with interiors that reflected a bygone age of chivalry. The

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