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Santa Maria in Binda is an ancient and small church, built in Romanesque-style church in Nosate. This church was built here in the 8th century during the Lombard rule of the area; the word Binda in the Lombard language meant a stretch of land, meant to be a stretch of land near the river. Originally and even till the 18th-century, this church served in funeral rites for nearby burials.
The interior was frescoed in the 16th century. The bell-tower, in a Neo-Romanesque style was added in 1926. The church has some anonymous frescoes in a somewhat provincial style from the 15th century, including some depicting various clerics and well-dressed men in a danse macabre.
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.
