Angers, France
9th century
Saumur, France
10th century
Montreuil-Bellay, France
11th century
Le Lude, France
13th century
Brissac-Quincé, France
11th century
Brézé, France
1060
Soulaire-et-Bourg, France
1468-1472
Mazé-Milon, France
1772
Saint-Georges-sur-Loire, France
16th century
Ombrée d'Anjou, France
12th century
Champtocé-sur-Loire, France
c. 1075
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.