Probably King Ludwig's preferred castle,a true roccoco jewel. It resembles the "petit Trianon" (Versailes) and is the only one of the three castles that was actually completed. Located close to Neuschwanstein, the King often retired to Linderhof to indulge in his "lonelines".
Italian, French and English style gardens extent to the front; in the middle a fountain emits a 100 foot high jet bathing the golden statue of Flore. But it's the castle itself that holds the boldest of Ludwig's fairy tale realizations: the Venus grotto made entirely of cement with artificial arc lighting, rainbows, wave machines (and heating) to recreate what is described in Wagner's Tannhäuser.
You can also find a bronze statue of the much admired Sun King and an elevator-table wich disappears below the ground into the kitchen to be filled with succulent foods only to reappear completely set.
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