Plan, Chateau d'Amboise, Loire Valley, France

Plan of the river Loire elevation of the Chateau d'Amboise, drawing by Jacques Androuet du Cerveau, with existing buildings in black and destroyed sections in red, published in Les Plus Excellents Batiments de France, 1576-77, in the Chateau d'Ambois, 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 Androuet Centre-val Centuries Cerveau Chateaux Chatelliers Elevation Existing Indre Indre-et-loire Installed Italianate Largely Plus Promontoire Rebuilt Reworked Sections

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