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King Ludwig II died on June 13, 1886, before construction was completed. Shortly after his mysterious death, Neuschwanstein Castle was opened to visitors daily and has been attracting enthusiastic visitors from all over the world ever since.<br \/>Translated with DeepL.com (free version)   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5404,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[80],"tags":[104],"class_list":["post-7839","sehenswuerdigkeit","type-sehenswuerdigkeit","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sights","tag-schwangau-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Neuschwanstein Castle - Romantic Road<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Visit Neuschwanstein Castle: A highlight of the Romantic Road. 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