PHOTO OF THE DAY September 19, 2005  

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Where Füssen, West Germany
When 1977
Photographer Robert W. Madden

"Eulogy in stone to a musical genius, Neuchwanstein Castle beckons from its Alpine setting far behind a country church near Füssen. Bavaria's King Ludwig II was so taken with Richard Wagner's operas that he built this castle expressly to capture the spirit of their soaring romantic strains."

—From "West Germany: Continuing Miracle," August 1977, National Geographic magazine


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