Neuschwanstein
Neuschwanstein is a fabulously beautiful castle of Ludwig II ( King of Bavaria ) near the town of Fussen and Hoenshwangau Castle. The name of the castle translates as "new swan cliff". The castle soars over inaccessible mountains, charming the audience from the first moments. Neuchwanstein became the fruit of the imagination of Ludwig II and built it not to protect owners and lush balls. The most famous place among travelers in Bavaria.
King Ludwig II ordered the rock to explode so that a platform for the construction of the castle would form. In September 1869, court architect Eduard Riedel laid the first stone for the construction of the castle. And the artistic ideas of the architect were embodied by Christian Yank. In 1873, the gates were completed and starting from that time the construction of the palace began actively. Building materials were brought from all over Germany and climbed the western side of the building using a steam crane. In 1883, the construction was almost completed, the current of the interior was left, and in 1884 the king settled in the castle. During the construction, more than two hundred workers were involved. In 1886, the king died and all construction work stopped, the room for the knights, the third floor, and the terrace on the western side was never completed.
Ludwig II really liked the halls in the castle of Wartburg, he caught the idea of translating something similar and this idea resulted in the construction of the hall of singers. Numerous dams of the hall depict stories from legends about the Knight of Parzifal. The canvas inspired Richard Wagner to write the mystical opera Parsifal". The hall never saw the artists during the king’s life, only by the fiftieth anniversary of Wagner’s death had a festive concert here, which lasted until the outbreak of World War II. Concerts resumed current in 1969.
Another Neuchwanstein hall, to which the king paid a lot of attention - the Throne. In the hall, he wanted to show that God was supportive of him. The laying in the form of a basilica with a niche under the throne according to the king’s intentions should indicate that the king and God have a great religious connection. Above the throne hang paintings by William Hauschild, which depict kings counted as saints. There are also images of Mary, Christ, John and the twelve apostles. The floor is decorated with mosaics depicting the sun with animals and plants on it. The throne room in Neuchwanstein was never completed, but nevertheless he is impressed with his beauty.
The architecture and artistic decorations of the castle show a swan motive, since Maximilian II of Bavarsky - the father of Ludwig II was the successor to the clan of Schwangau, and their swan is a heraldic symbol. Historians think that it was Neuchwanstein who inspired Pyotr Tchaikovsky to write the ballet Swan Lake".
To build the castle, Neuschwanstein spent a huge amount in the meantime - 6 million gold stamps. Immediately after the death of Ludwig II, the castle doors opened for visitors in order to at least somehow recoup the construction site . A joke is spread among the Germans: “In order to justify the construction of the castle, all the inhabitants of the Earth need to visit the castle at least once.”".
