Le Château du Clos Lucé - Parc Leonardo da Vinci. Enter Leonardo da Vinci's residence in Amboise, located in the Loire Valley : individual & group visits, exhibits, cultural events...

The Château du Clos Lucé, 400m from the Château Royal d'Amboise, residence of Leonardo da Vinci (1516-1519) who was invited in France by Francis I

Apr 6, 2016 · Leonardo da Vinci accepted an invitation from French King Francois I (1494-1547, crowned 1515) to live and work in France. From 1516 to 1519, Da Vinci lived in Château du Cloux (now Clos Lucé) close to the royal castle of Amboise in the Loire Valley.

Straddling the widest stretch of the river is the city of Amboise, an inviting town with a fine old quarter below its hilltop château. A castle has overlooked the Loire from here since Roman times. Leonardo da Vinci retired here...just one more of his many brilliant ideas.

Name: Leonardo da Vinci. Date of birth: April 14, 1452, in Vinci. Date of death: May 2, 1519, in Amboise. Mother: Caterina di Meo Lippi (peasant) Father: Pierre de Vinci (Notary)

Just a few hundred metres from the centre of Amboise in the Loire Valley you can discover the fascinating house and inventions of one of the greatest minds and best known engineers of the last 600 years, Leonardo da Vinci, in the Chateau du Clos Lucé.

Dec 20, 2022 · After the death of Leonardo da Vinci in 1519, the Château de Cloux continued to reside with the Crown. By the 18 th century, the Château was back in the hands of the Amboise family, which managed to save it from the French Revolution. In 1855, the Saint-Bris family acquired the Domaine du Clos Lucé.

Jun 9, 2015 · A pleasure residence of the kings of France, Château du Clos Lucé is 400 metres from Château Royal d'Amboise. Francis I was placed at the disposal of Leonardo da Vinci, who spent the last three years of his life there (1516 to 1519).

Chateau du Clos Lucé the home of Leonardo da Vinci in France Amboise in the Loire is dominated by a grand chateau. The turrets of Amboise castle reach high into the sky and its windows give impressive views over the ancient town.

Apr 24, 2019 · A visit to Amboise is not complete without seeing Leonardo da Vinci’s inventions at Château du Clos Lucé. 2019 is the 500th anniversary of his death.