Schloss Weinberg is an Upper Austrian castle complex and is located on the vineyard above the village of Kefermarkt in the Mühlviertel. The first castle in this location was built in the 11th century. The conversion into a Renaissance castle was made by Hans Wilhelm von Zelking in 1600. The Thürheimer bought the property in 1629. After becoming almost uninhabitable in the early 1980s, Upper Austria rented the castle in 1986 for 99 years, the renewed and organized in 1988 a national exhibition on the premises. Since 1989 the castle has been used as a regional music and education center.
References: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.