Venice, Italy
9th century
Venice, Italy
1063-1093
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1496
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1340
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1600
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1830
Venice, Italy
1588-1591
Venice, Italy
1750
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1631
Venice, Italy
1428-1430
Venice, Italy
1774
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1338
Venice, Italy
1565
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1649
Venice, Italy
1515
Venice, Italy
1453
Venice, Italy
1430s
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1481-1489
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1104
Venice, Italy
1861
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.