The evening twilight fades in to darkness when stars of constellation Orion, the Hunter, stand above the world-famous Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany (the name means New Swan Stone Castle). The palace was built in the 19th-century, commissioned by king Ludwig II, on a rugged hill above the village of Hohenschwangau near Füssen in southwest Bavaria. The iconic palace was an inspiration for Disneyland's Sleeping Beauty Castle and later similar structures in the world.