This is a palace on an island in a lake in Bavaria, Germany.
The palace is the Neues Schloss Herrenchiemsee, or Herrenchiemsee New Palace. The island is Chiemsee. The lake is Chiemsee. The palace is located in Germany's Bavaria. Because of construction, when I was there, it was a complicated combination of bus and train riding to get there. Construction on the palace began in 1878. I believe construction still is not complete. It is a work in progress.
The builder of the palace was King Ludwig II, the famous Mad King Ludwig, better known for his Disney-like (actually, Disney-copied) Neuschwanstein, which also is in Bavaria, but the other direction from Munich. This was supposed to be his Versailles knock-off. Say what you will about Ludwig II. The man may have been mad, but he sure knew how to build tourist infrastructure.
Visited September 2014.
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