Bust of Leonardo da Vinci, Chateau d'Amboise

Bust of Leonardo da Vinci, 1868, marking the place in the old church where he was buried, outside the Chapelle Saint-Hubert, built 1491-96 in Flamboyant Gothic style, at the Chateau d'Amboise, a medieval castle which became a royal residence in the 15th century and was largely reworked in the 15th and 16th centuries, on the River Loire, at Amboise, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France. The chateau was rebuilt as a Gothic palace under Charles VIII and Renaissance and Italianate additions were installed under Francois I and Henri II. It is listed as a historic monument and is part of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Additions Amboise Buried Centre-val Centuries Chapelle Chateaux Chatelliers Flamboyant Indre Indre-et-loire Installed Italianate Largely Marking Promontoire Rebuilt Reworked Stormy Vinci

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