Neuschwanstein Castle (German: Schloss Neuschwanstein, pronounced ], Inglis: New Swanstone Castle) is a 19t-century Romanesque Revival palace on a rugged hill above the veelage o Hohenschwangau near Füssen in soothwast Bavarie, Germany. The palace wis commissioned bi Ludwig II o Bavarie as a retreat an as an homage tae Richard Wagner. Ludwig paid for the palace oot o his personal fortun an bi means o extensive borrowin, nae wi Bavarie public funds (see belaw).
