Tour-en-Sologne, France
1527-1537
Haute-Goulaine, France
12th century
Sarzay, France
14th century
Château-Renault, France
1140
Ainay-le-Vieil, France
14th century
Meillant, France
1510
Montlouis-sur-Loire, France
1520
Saché, France
16th century
Durtal, France
15th century
Bellegarde, France
1355-1388
Culan, France
12th century
Ancenis, France
15th century
Saint-Georges-sur-Loire, France
16th century
Saint-Patrice, France
18th century
Gizeux, France
14th century
Blain, France
13th century
Oizon, France
ca. 1500
Le Cellier, France
1643-1649
Champtocé-sur-Loire, France
c. 1075
La Riche, France
1463
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.