Private Tour of Chateau du Lude, with its Owner | A Rare Great Loire Valley Castle Still Inhabited

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  • 🌟 Join us on an exclusive tour of Château du Lude, one of the last great inhabited castles in the Loire Valley, led by its owner, Barbara de Nicolaÿ. 🌟
    Nestled in the picturesque Loire Valley (Sarthe Department), Château du Lude stands as a testament to centuries of French history and architectural grandeur. In this special video, Barbara de Nicolaÿ, the château's owner, invites us on a unique journey through its majestic halls and hidden treasures.
    🔍 What You'll See:
    Grand Rooms: Explore the beautifully preserved rooms open to the public, adorned with exquisite art and furnishings reflecting the château’s rich legacy.
    Secret Rooms: Gain rare access to private areas rarely seen by visitors, including secret rooms and hidden corridors that tell untold stories of the château.
    Historical Insights: Learn fascinating details about the château's history, architecture, and the personal anecdotes from Barbara de Nicolaÿ's family heritage.
    Architecture and Gardens: Discover the château from outside with its extraordinary facades (all different), park, garden and terrace.
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    📩 To contact us: contact@sochateaux.com

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  • @SoChateauxTV
    @SoChateauxTV  หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    If you prefer, you can watch the original French version with subtitles : th-cam.com/video/W25TeZa6feU/w-d-xo.html

  • @rayn8740
    @rayn8740 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    This is her second video tour of the Château that I've seen. Both have been thorough and highly informative. Her knowledge of the Château and the surrounding gardens is quite impressive.
    The Château is magnificent, inside and out. How fantastic that it's still inhabited and lovingly maintained by her family.
    Merci, Madame! Merci beaucoup!

  • @ckothary
    @ckothary หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    Incredible and the way Madame Barbara Nicolay explains everything is superb Bravo Madame

    • @ckothary
      @ckothary 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Thank you

  • @chemokiki
    @chemokiki หลายเดือนก่อน +27

    Thank you for this translation! I am starting to become obsessive about the French chateau life, buying and reading books and subscribing to many TH-cam channels about it. The Chateau de Lude is magnificent and at the top of my visit ASAP list! Madame de Nicolay is such a brilliant wealth of knowledge. Merci encore pour cette belle visite.

    • @Tony-InLosAngeles
      @Tony-InLosAngeles หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The French versions have closed captioning in English

  • @thefrenchgardener1865
    @thefrenchgardener1865 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Merci beaucoup! A wonderful tour of a real treasure of France. The family Nicolette should be very proud of the dedication and hard work to restore and maintain such a beautiful jewel.

  • @anitasujiivana4553
    @anitasujiivana4553 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    What a very lovely host. I can feel her admiration and deep love for this beautiful and extraordinary chateau. Her knowingness of the people who worked on the chateau is quite impressive. Her generosity in showing us rooms and spaces not normally on tour is very much appreciated. 💝💝💝

  • @French-Kiss24
    @French-Kiss24 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    This chateau is unbelievably beautiful. Thank you so much for this tour. I will surely visit on my next visit to France.

  • @user-ff5fx3ye4y
    @user-ff5fx3ye4y หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Lovely, and wonderful that Madame Nicolay shared her extensive knowledge of her massive home. Thank you.

  • @JSTXRPXLMULE
    @JSTXRPXLMULE 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I enjoyed you Ma'am just as much as the chateau and the tour... You're such a beautiful lovely person thank you so much for sharing your home with all of us..!

  • @myrnamcmillan4755
    @myrnamcmillan4755 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This is just a wonderful journey back in time ,thank you.

  • @IVWOR
    @IVWOR หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Дуже красиве шато.
    Дякую вам за екскурсію ❤️

  • @leighmackay7486
    @leighmackay7486 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Breathtaking in its enormity and history. Thanks for this opportunity to see inside. 🎉

  • @ggcheesecake547
    @ggcheesecake547 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thank you for the English version. This chateau is fantastic. I enjoyed learning its history. The tour was informative and well-organized.

  • @eejster0357
    @eejster0357 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    My mouth to the floor. Perfect hostess for this video. Thank you for opening your doors to the public. Would love to visit when i am back in the area. Amazing Chateau.

  • @borge2014
    @borge2014 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Marvelous rooms, especially the Renaissance ones, and those ornate doors , wow. Loved this episode.

  • @ODDwayne1
    @ODDwayne1 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    This is a SPECIAL place. Top notch restoration. The architecture itself is immaculate. The decor is perfection. Such wonderful and careful work. Thank you.

  • @ginatees3262
    @ginatees3262 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Magnificent building and interiors. Thank you for sharing.

  • @smiley9987
    @smiley9987 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    😳 It's true that every time I discover a chateau thanks to you,I am impressed as they are all fantastic,but this time I am genuinely Lost for words! It's absolutely incredible. Majestic. I was watching with open mouth from start to end. I stopped,I zoomed different parts staring at details. Every cm of the chateau is extraordinary. The styles,details,those warm colours,the systems that she is explaining in different parts,the history...the library-O my God...the linen room,the dining room used every day,the bedrooms,the kitchen/ one of my favourite parts in every chateau/,those stunning stairs,floors,ceilings,original furnitures with the spirit of old times. The attention to detail and ornaments is beyond incredible. I am so impressed, I can't even organise my thoughts. It's so incredible to be able to see rooms and private rooms, that are usually not open for public,or just very rare as it was said. Those old clothes/dresses,the uniforms with colors of the chateaux are so rare to see. Countess Barbara de Nicolaÿ is remarkable! It was very generous of her, to open the doors of certain parts of the castle for us to see. Thank you,So Chateaux, for this amazing episode. From today, one of my dreams/plans is to visit Chateau du Lude!

    • @SoChateauxTV
      @SoChateauxTV  หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Thank you very much for your comment 🙏 Glad you appreciated this episode! 😊

    • @smiley9987
      @smiley9987 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@SoChateauxTV 😊👍

  • @alexanderscholz8855
    @alexanderscholz8855 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Super nice 👍‼️ It is so good to see that real life is inside and make it a Home with full of life. Only the Work never ends. 👍

  • @annekunze5972
    @annekunze5972 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Very beautiful home. I just love it!

  •  หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Thank you for preserving history.

  • @nopeno6514
    @nopeno6514 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Very impressive to watch my ancestors legacy. Imagine doing all these without computers, phones or power tools. It's more than talent but a divine inspiration. The true value of history and its preservation is to remind us that the human mind and spirit have no limits. 😮

  • @daisymoses6812
    @daisymoses6812 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My favorite part of the tour was Eduoard Andre and his Gravity-pressured watering system which not only provided garden irrigation but also supplies the kitchen and the laundry cistern. FASCINATING. Mme Barbara de Nicolay is so well-rounded in her knowledge and so generous to share all the history -- Thank you so much !

    • @daisymoses6812
      @daisymoses6812 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And now I will go to see the tour again, in French !

  • @janiekcarney5482
    @janiekcarney5482 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thank you for this wonderful video!! First class.

  • @brendafulmernickel1218
    @brendafulmernickel1218 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank You For Sharing ! It definitely added an element of care, inspirational conveyed from your family's heritage! Magnificent!!

  • @HaiteLibbies
    @HaiteLibbies หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Beautiful ❤ and this program is filled with an abundance of interesting facts and stories

  • @michaelwieneke1992
    @michaelwieneke1992 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What a wonderful tour of La Lude. We were able to tour this beautiful chateau last August so it was enjoyable to see the rooms we saw in person, as well as to see the rooms that were not included in the tour that day.

  • @user-im8sx6zx5s
    @user-im8sx6zx5s หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Waouh!Belle histoire et très beau château❤(Miqueias de Osvaldo Cruz-SP-Brasil)

  • @laurieknight5185
    @laurieknight5185 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Absolutely breath taking! Thank you for sharing this! ❤️

  • @juliam9214
    @juliam9214 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very beautiful and interesting. Your family has done a great job for future generations. I hope they appreciate. 😊😊

  • @lisafox2073
    @lisafox2073 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Absolutely Grand with alot of history preserved, Thank you! Very much enjoyed ❤

  • @BernardDauphinais
    @BernardDauphinais หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    So beautiful!

  • @katharinatrub1338
    @katharinatrub1338 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    What a splendid Chateau! Inside out! Chimney mantels, parquet floors, Master Woodwork! Furniture, elaborate Dormer Windows and Chimneys, and much, much more! What a heartfelt warm and comfortable dining room! and to know you still use this Kitchen for making preservings! What a happy family gathering this must be every summer! How amazing, a Kiddneushaped Table, Never seen this before and am touched to know the WHY of this shape! Ohh I can feel, you must love your Chateau very much!
    Now I d'have a little question, how come that Antoine Roy (so says the speaker),.... "unfortunately died without a descendent", and then later says had "his daughter marry Marquis de Talouette" ? Hm... did I must have missed out on some part? Thank you so much for your Video!

  • @susannekalejaiye4351
    @susannekalejaiye4351 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    marvellous! so much in tact and represented here, so beautifully presented and explained too. Thank you for making this tour possible

  • @tricial4330
    @tricial4330 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    What a fantastic time capsule! Amazing! Thank you for a fabulous tour!

  • @SirAdamMeek
    @SirAdamMeek หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Amazing!

  • @mommabahre6017
    @mommabahre6017 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The room with all the paintings is just a fancy "alone time" room. Cause, that's what my "leave me alone" room looks like in my head.

  • @IsholaXO6
    @IsholaXO6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Marveled with her amazing demonstrations

  • @davewesley11
    @davewesley11 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thank you soo much for showing us round .. One word magnificent.

  • @returnofthenative
    @returnofthenative 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Wow!
    What a beautiful place.
    Thank you........Aust.

  • @susanwhitt255
    @susanwhitt255 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Thank you for sharing.

  • @forward_ever_ever2595
    @forward_ever_ever2595 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I salute you madam. A wonderful tour. You're A class in your presentation in every aspect....in depth knowledge with a seamless flow in presentation!.

  • @irinagrinyova7533
    @irinagrinyova7533 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you so much for the translation❤

  • @shlimbu224
    @shlimbu224 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    This video is an absolute gem!

  • @dianedoherty3655
    @dianedoherty3655 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Beautiful and stunning

  • @jensvonbrasch1466
    @jensvonbrasch1466 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Very interesting and valuable. Thanks so much.

  • @hollykeller1545
    @hollykeller1545 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    This was so perfect! Loved it!👏🏻👏🏻

  • @albertalcoser9485
    @albertalcoser9485 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Just beautiful, I love that I would love to visit some day.💗😊

  • @Monitschka
    @Monitschka หลายเดือนก่อน

    🤗 I will redo it in French. Listening to Madame the owner in her mother language must be delicate. 🥰

  • @lsmith6840
    @lsmith6840 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It's beautiful thank you.

  • @MsMsmak
    @MsMsmak หลายเดือนก่อน

    Its gigantic. I don't like such big empty (of people)places but this is fantastic.

  • @archiebald4717
    @archiebald4717 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Incredible!

  • @albertalcoser9485
    @albertalcoser9485 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Beautiful ❤️

  • @user-kq8jl5bf8u
    @user-kq8jl5bf8u 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Красота !!!!

  • @liliafernanda2408
    @liliafernanda2408 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Lindo lugar❤❤❤

  • @Tony-InLosAngeles
    @Tony-InLosAngeles หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you

  • @user-je8no8xq4p
    @user-je8no8xq4p 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

    fascinating thank you maam

  • @tonifish3879
    @tonifish3879 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I thought she was an art historian at first, not the lady of the house! She was so knowledgeable and elegant

  • @larrywave
    @larrywave หลายเดือนก่อน

    Nice 👌

  • @user-nz6bk7lf8u
    @user-nz6bk7lf8u 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    After uniting everything.
    A universal cultural project could be taking an area we know will never be destroyed until the world is.
    Then making the most indestructible and preservable replica of the cultural beatuy of the world.
    Or each peoples in each area preserved for their reality and shelter cultural center.
    Then make areas outside of those pinnacles almost like a museum of cultural art through the societies.
    Cool stuff
    French are a crazy beautiful people.

  • @dontbemean
    @dontbemean 22 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Background music would bring more views to this lovely documentary tour.

  • @theresemosa8500
    @theresemosa8500 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Merci

  • @user-pq8vd2qv1m
    @user-pq8vd2qv1m 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    城堡內的裝飾是多麽的華麗和令人嘆爲觀止!簡直是法國的瑰寶!很想知道城堡很久以前是
    私人建造的嗎

  • @normanbonk8064
    @normanbonk8064 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    ❤❤❤

  • @farmkid99362
    @farmkid99362 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    That spider gives me major anxiety. It looked huge!

  • @2togo53
    @2togo53 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    It's lovely..... but just imagine the housework

  • @massimilianodicastro2186
    @massimilianodicastro2186 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This castle is something different

  • @daghusebye5041
    @daghusebye5041 หลายเดือนก่อน

    🤩🤩🤩🤩🏆

  • @lineamiller8744
    @lineamiller8744 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Beautiful, just imagine everything lost because of decay in France😢. The government’s doesn’t care about their people’s history. 😢

  • @ted1091
    @ted1091 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It appears that the chateau remained in the hands of nobility through and after the revolution. Can you explain how this happened? Thank you

  • @floydiandreamscapes5145
    @floydiandreamscapes5145 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I don't believe it was an angel stroking the visitor at the entery

  • @mascottie
    @mascottie 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Do you know how Antoni from Chateau de Dampierre is doing? He has not posted a new video in several months.

  • @jrd3523
    @jrd3523 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

    If you've read the Memoires of the Duc de Saint-Simon, you'll know that the Duc de Bouillon was not "de La Tour d'Auvergne", but only de La Tour. The family sued during the reign of Louis XIV and lost. They were issued to minor nobility from the Nord of France.

  • @ghassang2074
    @ghassang2074 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    محتوى قيم ومميز لهذه الماده المرئيه اتمنى لهذه القناه مزيد من النجاح والتوفيق والتميز المستمر ملاحظه ارجو اخذها وايضا العمل على اضافتها وهي اضافه اللغه العربيه ضمن الترجمه المتاحه شكرا لكم مره اخرى متابع لكم من المملكه العربيه السعوديه

  • @draganasaicic3897
    @draganasaicic3897 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Is Nikolay a Russian family? It would be interesting to hear their family history, as well as how the Marquis de Talhouet family managed to survive the French Revolution?!

  • @php1980
    @php1980 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    it is good to be rich and hold on to your head and money

  • @myopictopics7258
    @myopictopics7258 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

    It is interesting that Joseph Duvelaer’s Chinese wife was mentioned, but not her name. Even searching the internet her name seems to be lost to time.

  • @danielahenze8094
    @danielahenze8094 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Identität und Leben mit den Naturelementen und Hoffnung auf Hilfe fuer farbenfrohe Wohnraumumgebungen innen und aussen fuer Jeden ( deutsch ) Identity and living with the natural elements and hope for help for colorful living spaces inside and outside for everyone ( English ) - Identitet och att leva med de naturliga elementen och hopp om hjälp till färgglada livsrum inne och ute för alla ( svenska )

  • @CliftonBowers-pc2xu
    @CliftonBowers-pc2xu หลายเดือนก่อน

    Seen the oringal angel ...

  • @scotthowe3722
    @scotthowe3722 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Question
    How is it you accumulated the money to not only build this
    But keep it up
    We can't even afford rent and some of us own business
    Please explain your un ending wealth
    We would like to know