Burgruine Falkenstein Allgäu
Medieval hilltop ruin at Germany's highest castle site, chosen by a king for his never-built dream palace.
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This audio guide to the Burgruine Falkenstein above Pfronten, near Füssen, follows King Ludwig II of Bavaria in the eighteen-eighties, when Neuschwanstein was still unfinished and he set his sights on a burned medieval ruin at Germany's highest castle site. You'll meet the stage designer and architects he pushed through draft after draft, and the bedroom he insisted on redesigning. Best heard at the viewing platform, facing the valley.
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