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If you've been to Disneyland you may feel like you've seen parts of this castle before
去過迪士尼的人，想必都會覺得見過這座城堡的某些部分，
but you're not dreaming, Sleeping Beauty. This fairytale castle is real.
你不是在做夢，睡美人兒。世間真有這座童話般的城堡。
Neuschwanstein Castle was commissioned by King Ludwig II of Bavaria in 1869.
新天鵝堡是1869年由巴伐利亞國王路德維希二世建造的。
He wanted the castle to resemble earlier German palaces,
他原本希望這座城堡修建成早期德國宮殿的樣子，
but the result is a combination of styles and influences ranging from the Romanesque to Gothic.
結果卻修成了融合了從羅馬式到哥特式多種風格在內的一座建筑。
His castle may look familiar.
或許，他的這座城堡看上去有些眼熟。
It's the inspiration behind Sleeping Beauty's castle at Disneyland.
因為迪士尼出品的《睡美人》里的城堡的靈感就來源于此。
King Ludwig II was adored by the people.
國王路德維希二世深受人民的愛戴。
He was more commonly known as the fairytale king,
人們通常稱他為 “童話國王”，
for his love of escaping reality and his responsibilities as king with music plays and fairytale stories.
因為他喜歡逃避現實，逃避自己作為國王的責任，反而熱愛音樂，戲劇和童話故事。
However King Ludwig did not get his fairytale ending.
然而，路德維希國王自己并沒能得到童話般的結局。
He was declared insane in 1886 and removed his king by his cabinet.
1886年，他被宣布精神失常，內閣罷免了他的國王稱號。
A few days later, he died under mysterious circumstances.
幾天后，他就神秘離世了。
He only had a chance to live in the unfinished castle for six months before his death.
去世前，他只在這座尚未完工的城堡里住了六個月。
Regardless, this castle has inspired the imagination of countless generations.
盡管如此，這座城堡還是激發了無數代人的想象力。
