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Neuschwanstein
Castle (German: Schloss
Neuschwanstein, pronounced [ˈʃlɔs
nɔʏˈʃvaːnʃtaɪn], Southern
Bavarian: Schloss
Neischwanstoa)
is
a
19th-century Romanesque
Revival palace on
a
rugged
hill
above
the
village
of Hohenschwangau near Füssen in
southwest Bavaria, Germany.
The
palace
was
commissioned
by
King Ludwig
II
of
Bavaria as
a
retreat
and
in
honour
of Richard
Wagner.
Ludwig
paid
for
the
palace
out
of
his
personal
fortune
and
by
means
of
extensive
borrowing,
rather
than
Bavarian
public
funds.
The
castle
was
intended
as
a
home
for
the
King,
until
he
died
in
1886.
It
was
open
to
the
public
shortly
after
his
death.Since
then
more
than
61
million
people
have
visited
Neuschwanstein
Castle.More
than
1.3
million
people
visit
annually,
with
as
many
as
6,000
per
day
in
the
summer.
Inspiration
and
design
Neuschwanstein
embodies
both
the
contemporaneous
architectural
fashion
known
as
castle
romanticism
(German: Burgenromantik),
and
King
Ludwig
II's
enthusiasm
for
the
operas
of
Richard
Wagner.
In
the
19th
century,
many
castles
were
constructed
or
reconstructed,
often
with
significant
changes
to
make
them
more
picturesque.
Palace-building
projects
similar
to
Neuschwanstein
had
been
undertaken
earlier
in
several
of
the
German
states
and
included Hohenschwangau
Castle, Lichtenstein
Castle, Hohenzollern
Castle,
and
numerous
buildings
on
the River
Rhine such
as Stolzenfels
Castle.The
inspiration
for
the
construction
of
Neuschwanstein
came
from
two
journeys
in
1867—one
in
May
to
the
reconstructed Wartburg near Eisenach,another
in
July
to
the Château
de
Pierrefonds,
which Eugène
Viollet-le-Duc was
transforming
from
a
ruined
castle
into
a historistic palace.
The
King
saw
both
buildings
as
representatives
of
a
romantic
interpretation
of
the
Middle
Ages,
as
well
as
the
musical
mythology
of
his
friend
Wagner,
whose
operas Tannhäuser and Lohengrin had
made
a
lasting
impression
on
him.
In
February
1868,
Ludwig's
grandfather King
Ludwig
I died,
freeing
the
considerable
sums
that
were
previously
spent
on
the
abdicated
King's appanage. This
allowed
Ludwig
II
to
start
the
architectural
project
of
building
a
private
refuge
in
the
familiar
landscape
far
from
the
capital Munich,
so
that
he
could
live
out
his
idea
of
the
Middle
Ages.
Neuschwanstein
welcomes
almost
1.5
million
visitors
per
year
making
it
one
of
the
most
popular
tourist
destinations
in
Europe. For
security
reasons
the
palace
can
only
be
visited
during
a
35-minute
guided
tour,
and
no
photography
is
allowed
inside
the
castle.
There
are
also
special
guided
tours
that
focus
on
specific
topics.
In
the
peak
season
from
June
until
August,
Neuschwanstein
has
as
many
as
6,000
visitors
per
day,
and
guests
without
advance
reservation
may
have
to
wait
several
hours.
Those
without
tickets
may
still
walk
the
long
driveway
from
the
base
to
the
top
of
the
mountain
and
visit
the
grounds
and
courtyard
without
a
ticket,
but
will
not
be
admitted
to
the
interior
of
the
castle.
Ticket
sales
are
processed
exclusively
via
the
ticket
centre
in Hohenschwangau.As
of
2008,
the
total
number
of
visitors
was
more
than
60
million. In
2004,
the
revenues
were
booked
as
€6.5
million.
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