Germany · Still standing
Neuschwanstein Castle
Neuschwanstein Castle is a 19th-century historicist palace on a rugged hill in Schwangau, Bavaria, commissioned by King Ludwig II and built between 1869 and 1892. The three-winged complex was modelled on medieval knights' castles and contains notable interiors such as the Throne Hall, the bedroom, and the minstrels' (singers') hall. It stands above the Pöllat Gorge near the Alpsee and Schwansee lakes and has been a major tourist destination since it opened after Ludwig's death.
First raised
1869
Its prime
1886
Today
Still standing
As it stood in 1886
The shape it held in its prime.
Perched on a rocky crag above a deep gorge and forest, the palace presents a long white limestone Palas with many evenly spaced arched windows and projecting balconies, linked to multiple slim towers and turrets with steep dark slate roofs and conical spires. A prominent round tower with a broad upper stage and crenellated crown rises at one corner; the complex sits above the Pöllat Gorge with lakes visible on the plain below. At its prime the exterior was complete and fully faced in pale stone.
Step inside
8 places to explore in 1886.
The record describes 8 distinct spots at Neuschwanstein Castle — including 3 interiors: throne hall (thronhalle), king's bedroom, minstrels' hall (singers' hall). Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more rooms of the immersive experience.
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See Neuschwanstein Castle with the fires lit.
The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1886 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
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