Hohenschwangau Castle
Schwangau, Germany
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Hohenschwangau Castle is a 19th-century Gothic Revival palace in Schwangau, near Füssen in southwestern Bavaria, built beginning in 1837 under the direction of architect Domenico Quaglio the Younger. Commissioned by King Maximilian II of Bavaria, the castle served as the childhood residence of his son, the future King Ludwig II, and stands as an important architectural heritage monument in the Bavarian landscape near the Austrian border.
Architect
Movement
- Built
- Type
- château, castle ruin
- Heritage
- architectural heritage monument in Bavaria
- Place
- Schwangau, Germany
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