Neuschwanstein Castle

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castle historic building palace tourist attraction

Neuschwanstein Castle is a 19th-century Romanesque Revival palace in the Bavarian Alps, famed for its fairy-tale appearance and as the inspiration for Disney’s Sleeping Beauty Castle.

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instanceOf castle →
historic building →
palace →
tourist attraction →
alsoKnownAs Schloss Neuschwanstein →
architect Eduard Riedel NERFINISHED →
Georg von Dollmann NERFINISHED →
Julius Hofmann NERFINISHED →
architecturalStyle Historicist architecture →
Romanesque Revival →
builtFor Ludwig II of Bavaria →
category Castles in Bavaria →
Palaces in Germany →
commissionedBy Ludwig II of Bavaria →
constructionStartDate 1869 →
country Germany →
designInfluencedBy Christian Jank →
famousFor fairy-tale appearance →
picturesque mountain setting →
tourism →
governingBody Free State of Bavaria →
hasMaterial brick core →
limestone facing →
marble decoration →
hasViewOf Alpsee →
Pöllat Gorge →
Schwansee →
height about 65 meters →
heritageStatus protected monument →
inspirationFor Disney theme park castles →
Disneyland Sleeping Beauty Castle →
inspiredBy medieval German castles →
operas of Richard Wagner →
romanticism →
interiorFeatures lavishly decorated rooms →
singers’ hall →
throne hall →
locatedIn Allgäu region →
Bavaria →
Bavarian Alps →
Schwangau →
namedAfter “New Swan Stone” →
near Austrian border →
Forggensee →
Hohenschwangau Castle →
Marienbrücke (Queen Mary’s Bridge) →
numberOfFloors several main storeys plus towers →
openedToPublicDate 1886 →
overlooks Hohenschwangau →
purpose royal retreat →
touristVisitsPerYear over one million visitors →
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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Neuschwanstein Castle ("Schloss Neuschwanstein") →
alsoKnownAs
Upper Bavaria →
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Southern Germany →
hasAttraction
Bavaria →
hasFamousCastle
Sleeping Beauty Castle →
inspiredBy
Hohenschwangau Castle →
locatedNear
Ludwig II of Bavaria →
notableWork
Ludwig II of Bavaria →
residence
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