The Château d’Amboise is a castle in Amboise, located in the Indre-et-Loire département of the Loire Valley in France.
From Paris is 2h10 by train.
The 15 -20 minutes walking distance to the castle.
The castle is build in the 15th century.
Leonardo da Vinci was buried in the Chapel of St Hubertus
The chapel was built and sculpted by Flemish artists between 1491 and 1496.
It is built in a flamboyant Gothic style, in chalk tuff from Touraine.
Charles VIII commissioned its construction even before he discovered Italian architecture.
The chapel first served as Anna of Brittany’s house chapel, after which it became the final resting place of Leonardo da Vinci, who died in Amboise in 1519.
Grave of Leonardo Da Vinci.
The castle experienced its greatest heyday under Francis I, who had Leonardo da Vinci come to Amboise as a guest in 1515
