Rick Steves' Europe: Medieval Castles
Ancient fortresses offer glimpses of medieval brutality and 19th-century Romanticism
- By Rick Steves
- Smithsonian magazine, May 2010
(Karl-Josef Hildenbrand / dpa / Corbis)
Germany's Neushwanstein is a textbook-like example of 19th-century Romanticism. In 1869, King Ludwig began building his medieval fantasy on the hilltop not for defensive reasons, but because he liked the view.
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Comments (2)
Thank you Rick Steves and Smithsonian for sharing those magnificent photos with us. Beautiful... Bravo.
Posted by Lucien Alexandre Marion on January 17,2011 | 10:17 AM
Wonderful photo very magnifique bravo!
Posted by Sibourg Didier on July 22,2010 | 07:05 AM