# 3 Trip to Schwangau, Bavaria Germany; Neuschwanstein Castle

seejc (52)in #travel • 6 years ago (edited)

Neuschwanstein Castle (German: Schloss Neuschwanstein, English: _"New Swanstone Castle" 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 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.

Neuschwanstein Castle was built by King Ludwig II of Bavaria. He was also known as the “Fairytale King”. This castle is a great representation of what a fairytale castle would look like, complete with beautiful views of the Bavarian Alps.

One of the most interesting of the Neuschwanstein Castle facts is that this beautiful storybook looking castle inspired for the classic Walt Disney Magic Kingdom Cindirella & Sleeping Beauty Castle