I thought this type of castle only belonged in fairy tails…
The picture above is of Neuschwanstein Castle in Fussen, Germany. King Ludwig II had the castle built in the 1800’s but he lived in it for less than a year before he died after being de-throned. Since then it has been open to the public. Had it been completed, the palace would have had more than 200 interior rooms, including premises for guests and servants as well as for service and logistics. No more than about 15 rooms (and an artificial cave) and halls were finished by the time work stopped. It was the inspiration for Disneyland's Sleeping Beauty Castle. The restoration scaffolding is slowly receding…
Here are some pictures of the interior, we didn’t take these photos (no photos allowed inside). As you can see it was fairly elaborately decorated.
These seven stones were placed here for Fussen’s 700th birthday, it is meant to symbolize community. The small spinning floating rocks on top are apparently not connected and only spin with water pressure. If they weren’t connected I’m sure someone would’ve thought it was a good idea to knock the tops off by now. No water restrictions here either.