The four grand estates are among 26 new World Heritage sites added to the list this year.

Bavaria's fairy-tale royal castles, including Neuschwanstein, Herrenchiemsee, and Linderhof, have been recognized as UNESCO ...

Bavaria's fairy-tale royal castles, including Neuschwanstein, Herrenchiemsee and Linderhof, have been added to the UNESCO ...

Bavaria's fairy-tale royal castles, including Neuschwanstein, Herrenchiemsee and Linderhof, have been added to the UNESCO ...

Bavaria's fairy-tale royal castles, including Neuschwanstein, Herrenchiemsee, and Linderhof, have been added to the UNESCO ...

Neuschwanstein, perched on a rocky, 200m-high Alpine crag, is Germany's most visited castle, with almost 1.5 million people ...

The Neuschwanstein castle in Germany's Bavaria, perhaps best known for inspiring Walt Disney's fairytale castles, has been ...

The list includes Neuschwanstein, one of the most popular tourist sites in Germany. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more ...

Herrenchiemsee meanwhile evokes a Versailles in miniature on a lake between Munich and Salzburg, an homage to absolute monarch Louis XIV of France, whom Ludwig admired.

(Reuters) -Bavaria's fairy-tale royal castles, including Neuschwanstein, Herrenchiemsee and Linderhof, have been added to the UNESCO World Heritage list, officials said on Saturday.

The Neuschwanstein castle in Germany's Bavaria, perhaps best known for inspiring Walt Disney's fairytale castles, has been named a World Heritage site, the UN cultural agency announced on Saturday.