Alanís castle has Arab origins. The town was conquered by Ferdinand III in 1249 and the castle was rebuilt in 1392. It has a hexagonal floor plan, with a tower and barbican, which has now disappeared. Its walls are 2.3 metres wide and 6.5 metres high, leaving only one access to the enclosure on the north side, from where the village can be seen.
Th castle was attacked by the French during the Napoleonic occupation, who dynamited one of its walls, the southwest one, and the ruins are still preserved today.
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.