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Neuschwanstein Castle seen from Hohenschwangau, Bavaria - Germany
Neuschwanstein Castle is a 19th-century Romanesque Revival palace on a rugged hill above the village of Hohenschwangau in southwest Bavaria, Germany. The palace was commissioned by Ludwig II of Bavaria as a retreat and as an homage to Richard Wagner. The building design was drafted by the stage designer Christian Jank. The shapes of Romanesque (simple geometric figures such as cuboids and semicircular arches), Gothic (upward-pointing lines, slim towers, delicate embellishments) and Byzantine architecture and art (the Throne Hall décor) were mingled in an eclectic fashion and supplemented with 19th-century technical achievements. Among other things it had a battery-powered bell system for the servants and telephone lines. Further novelties for the era were running warm water and toilets with automatic flushing. The kitchen equipment included a Rumford oven that turned the skewer with its heat and so automatically adjusted the turning speed.
The palace was opened to the paying public immediately after his death in 1886.
The palace was the inspiration for Disneyland's Sleeping Beauty Castle.
Neuschwanstein Castle seen from Hohenschwangau, Bavaria - Germany
Neuschwanstein Castle is a 19th-century Romanesque Revival palace on a rugged hill above the village of Hohenschwangau in southwest Bavaria, Germany. The palace was commissioned by Ludwig II of Bavaria as a retreat and as an homage to Richard Wagner. The building design was drafted by the stage designer Christian Jank. The shapes of Romanesque (simple geometric figures such as cuboids and semicircular arches), Gothic (upward-pointing lines, slim towers, delicate embellishments) and Byzantine architecture and art (the Throne Hall décor) were mingled in an eclectic fashion and supplemented with 19th-century technical achievements. Among other things it had a battery-powered bell system for the servants and telephone lines. Further novelties for the era were running warm water and toilets with automatic flushing. The kitchen equipment included a Rumford oven that turned the skewer with its heat and so automatically adjusted the turning speed.
The palace was opened to the paying public immediately after his death in 1886.
The palace was the inspiration for Disneyland's Sleeping Beauty Castle.