Bavarian Gallery

King Ludwig II of Bavaria, 1867. Artist: Joseph Albert

King Ludwig II of Bavaria, 1867. Ludwig II (1845-1886) ruled Bavaria from 1864 until 1886. He built the castle of Neuschwanstein in Bavaria and was a patron and devotee of composer Richard Wagner. Known as Mad King Ludwig, he was officially declared insane by the government and deposed. He died in mysterious circumstances shortly afterwards. From a private collection

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The Military Order of Max Joseph, c19th century

The Military Order of Max Joseph'. The Military Order of Max Joseph was founded in 1806 by Maximilian I Joseph (1756-1825), the first king of Bavaria. The badge of the order is a white-enameled gold Maltese cross. On the centre of its blue and gold medallion it features the monogram of Max Joseph (MJK) and on the reverse the Latin motto of the order, Virtuti pro patria. Above the cross is a gold crown

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Aerial view of the Walhalla Temple, near Regensburg, Germany, from a Zeppelin, c1931 (1933)

Aerial view of the Walhalla Temple, near Regensburg, Germany, from a Zeppelin, c1931 (1933). the Neoclassical Walhalla Temple stands on the banks of the Danube. Conceived by Crown Prince Ludwig I of Bavaria as a hall of fame for illustrious Germans, it was designed by Leo von Klenze and built between 1830 and 1842. A photograph from Zeppelin-Weltfahrten, Vom ersten Luftschiff 1899 bis zu den Fahrten des LZ127 Graf Zeppelin 1932, Dresden, 1933

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