amboise leonardo da vinci Archives - TravelsFinders.Com ® http://travelsfinders.com/tag/amboise-leonardo-da-vinci Sun, 13 Nov 2016 17:39:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 AMBOISE MAP http://travelsfinders.com/amboise-map.html http://travelsfinders.com/amboise-map.html#respond Sat, 03 Dec 2016 09:18:00 +0000 http://travelsfinders.com/?p=226918 AMBOISE MAP Amboise (pop. 11,000) is guarded by the parapets of the 15th-century chateau that six security-minded French kings called home. In the Logis de Roi, the main part of the chateau, intricate 16th-century Gothic chairs stand over 2m tall to prevent any attacks from behind. The jewel of the grounds is the 15th-century Chapelle St-Hubert, the final resting place of Leonardo da Vinci, (a 02 47 57 00 98. Open Apr.-Nov. daily 9am-6pm; Dec.-Mar. reduced hours. ‚7, students ‚6.) Four hundred meters away is Clos Luce manor, where Leonardo da Vinci spent the last three years of his life.

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