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Neustadt an der Weinstraße
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Founded: 13th centuryCategory: Castles and fortifications in Germany
Historical period: Hohenstaufen Dynasty (Germany)
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The ruins of the Wolfsburg by the western approach to Neustadt an der Weinstraße lie on a rocky crag on the Wolfsberg hill. It was built in the early 13th century by Count Palatine Louis I. During the Peasants' War in 1525 it was conquered and looted two times and finally destroyed during the Thirty Years' War in 1633. Until that it has been ruined.
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.
