It is surely the most famous castle in the world — and, like its builder, one of the most misunderstood. Neuschwanstein castle is a structure of contrast, irony, and mystery — and beauty. When it was built, the castle was not known as Neuschwanstein. Ludwig II wrote his friend Richard Wagner in May 1868: I intend to rebuild the old castle ruins of Hohenschwangau by the Pöllat gorge (Pöllatschlucht) in the genuine style of the old German knightly fortresses... Just as his father had done before him, Ludwig wanted to build a splendid new castle upon the ruins of another. His new project was known as the Neue Burg Hohenschwangau (New Castle Hohenschwangau). Only later, when the castle was opened to the public on August 1, 1886, just weeks after Ludwig's death, did the edifice come to be known as
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