Explore the historic highlights of Ghent
Ghent, Belgium
13th century
Ghent, Belgium
1313
Ghent, Belgium
1180
Ghent, Belgium
c. 1440
Ghent, Belgium
11-16th century
Ghent, Belgium
13th century
Ghent, Belgium
7th century AD
Ghent, Belgium
1900
Ghent, Belgium
2010
Ghent, Belgium
7th century/1638
Ghent, Belgium
1257
The Château du Lude is one of the many great châteaux of the Loire Valley in France. Le Lude is the most northerly château of the Loire Valley and one of the last important historic castles in France, still inhabited by the same family for the last 260 years. The château is testimony to four centuries of French architecture, as a stronghold transformed into an elegant house during the Renaissance and the 18th century. The monument is located in the valley of Le Loir. Its gardens have evolved throughout the centuries.