3Schloss Neuschwanstein

Commissioned by Bavaria’s most celebrated (and eccentric) 19th-century monarch, King Ludwig II, Schloss Neuschwanstein rises from the mysterious Alpine forests like a bedtime-storybook illustration.

Inside, the make-believe continues, with chambers and halls reflecting Ludwig’s obsession with the mythical Teutonic past and his admiration of composer Wagner in a confection that puts even the flashiest oligarch’s palazzo in the shade.

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