Ludwig II. and his Dream Castles
Merkle, Ludwig / Taylor, Ingrid
The Bavarian Royal Castles of Neuschwanstein, Linderhof and Herrenchiemsee attract more than 2.7 million visitors each year, all enchanted by their sumptuous magnificence and fascinated by the bizarre, mysterious and romantic personality of their creator, Ludwig II. These castles and also the royal hunting lodge on the Schachen were for him a private world of dreams an fairytales, where he used to seek solitary refuge from the outside world an...