Neuschwanstein - the most beautiful castle in Germany

One of the most unique and matureischnyh castles in the world can rightly be considered Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany. Sometimes it's also called « New swan rock & raquo ;, for some similarity with swan shape lock loop. Built his King Ludwig II, who wanted to see the castle in their possessions, such Vatburgu, but on completion of construction became obvious – Neuschwanstein turned out much nicer.

A bit of history

Built at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, incorporates the best technical innovations of the time, not to mention the wealth of the contents of all the rooms. The castle had electricity, air heating, telephones. The rock on whichoh there is one of the most popular castles of the planet, first destroyed, then poured concrete, so that construction costs were enormous. Construction was halted after the king's death in 1886, but the castle was almost completed and the recovery was a matter of time.

The King is very willing to have his castle singing hymns to God, and noetomu all the rooms, including opera, were decorated with numerous statues of mythical gods and saints. In addition, in the castle of a huge number of characters and images swan, which is the heraldic symbol of the royal family Schwangau. If we look at any of the halls, the starting and ending with a mosaic floor painted ceilingsand, coming to realize that the fairy-tale castle Neuschwanstein called not only for the look of the outside.

It is noteworthy that during the Second World War the castle was kept all the gold of the Reichsbank, which, according to some data not installed, drowned Alat lake nearby. In addition, after the overthrow of Hitler, hisvaluables and furniture were transported to Neuschwanstein as museum pieces.

The castle is a prototype of the Sleeping Beauty Castle located in the park of Disney in Paris. Seen only allowed groups to wander through the castle alone will not work. In fact, in the castle nobody lives, but one guard.