Bavaria’s fairy-tale royal castles, including Neuschwanstein, Herrenchiemsee and Linderhof, have been added to the UNESCO World Heritage list, officials said on Saturday.
The decision, made by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee during its 47th session in Paris, is recognising the architectural and cultural significance of King Ludwig II’s 19th-century palaces.
Construction began at Neuschwanstein in 1869, but the project was never completed, and building work halted when the Bavarian king
