id: sig-20260721-neuschwanstein-unesco-palace
site_id: de-schwangau-neuschwanstein
attribute: definition.palatial_seat
value: 'Inscribed by UNESCO in July 2025 within ''The Palaces of King Ludwig II of Bavaria:
  Neuschwanstein, Linderhof, Schachen and Herrenchiemsee''.'
source_url: https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1726
source_title: The Palaces of King Ludwig II of Bavaria
publisher: UNESCO World Heritage Centre
source_date: '2025'
observed_date: '2026-07-21'
collected_by: console/founding-2026-07-21
confidence: high
notes: UNESCO frames the property as palaces; German official English-language communications
  about the identical property say 'castles'. The naming disagreement is between two official
  sources, which is why it is a signal rather than a settled fact.