Naples, Italy
1313-1340
Vigevano, Italy
1532-1612
Otranto, Italy
9th
Naples, Italy
1283-1324
Rome, Italy
4th century AD
Alghero, Italy
1567
Genoa, Italy
1189
Venice, Italy
1516
Porto Venere, Italy
1198
Matera, Italy
1229
Rome, Italy
440 AD
Turin, Italy
1717-1731
Naples, Italy
1368
Cremona, Italy
1107
Palermo, Italy
16th century
Palermo, Italy
1640
Turin, Italy
1607
Turin, Italy
13th century
Messina, Italy
1197
Palermo, Italy
13th century
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.