At the 47th session of the World Heritage Committee in Paris, France, on 12 July 2025 the 19th century palaces of King Ludwig II of Bavaria – Neuschwanstein, Linderhof, Schachen and Herrenchiemsee – have finally been placed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. King Ludwig II reigned in the Kingdom of Bavaria from 1864 to …
Article written in October 2012, shortly after my visit on the occcasion of the wedding of Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume of Luxembourg and Countess Stéphanie de Lannoy. On 22 April 2023 another royal wedding will take place, only the civil one, of Guillaume’s sister Princess Alexandra and Nicolas Bagory. I still haven’t gone back by …
In 2015 the royal castles of King Ludwig II of Bavaria were officially registered with the World Heritage Centre in Paris on the German tentative list for nomination as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Bavarian Palace Department is to submit the nomination dossier and management plan to the UNESCO Commission for review on 1 …
