Le Lude. Vue aérienne du château: l'entrée. A droite, le Loir

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Toughness, construction of which started at X in., Was advanced post Anjou duchy and served to reflect Norman invasions. Later, during the Hundred Years War, the Battle of the castle The people defeated the British. French troops led by an associate of Joan of Arc Baron Gilles de Rais, who was executed on the disputed charges of serial murder that formed the basis of the legend of "Bluebeard".In k.XV in. Luda became lord chamberlain of Louis XI, Jean Dion, who on the advice of his friend the Duke René of Anjou commissioned the architect Jean Gendreau restructuring of the old fortress. In accordance with the project Gendreau wings were torn down and the drawbridge and backfilled trenches. Guided architectural tradition of the Italian Renaissance, Gendreau has created elegant castle in the shape of the letter "P", in which the corners adorned with four round towers. The castle is converted to kings Henry IV and Louis XIII, also known as pisatelnitsa Marquise de Sevigne.