Ludwig II
Americannoun
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Ludwig II of Bavaria was a zealous aesthete with enough personal wealth to treat part of what is now Germany as an architectural canvas.
From Salon • Jun. 22, 2025
It is the most famous of the castles built by King Ludwig II of Bavaria in the 19th century.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 15, 2023
The southeastern German state now manages 45 palaces, including the wedding-cake piles of King Ludwig II, who essentially abandoned his royal duties to build some of Europe’s most ornate castles.
From New York Times • Nov. 4, 2020
Wave pools have been around since the nineteenth century, when Ludwig II, the Mad King of Bavaria, had a wave machine built on a lake at one of his palaces.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 10, 2018
How insignificant must the patronage of Joseph II, scantily enough bestowed on Mozart in comparison with that showered on Salieri, appear, when we recall the Maecenas Ludwig II.
From Mozart: the man and the artist, as revealed in his own words by Kerst, Friedrich
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