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Château du Clos-Lucé

Amboise, Indre-et-Loire, France

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Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
Château (cad. BA 354) : classement par liste de 1862 et par Journal Officiel du 18 avril 1914
Protection dates
1862 : classé MH
Type
château
Main period of construction
15e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée
Address
2 rue du Clos-Lucé
Commune
Amboise
Département
Indre-et-Loire
Region
Centre-Val de Loire
Country
France
Coordinates
47.41018, 0.99198
Mérimée reference
PA00097504

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1592 map "Topographia Aug. Turon Ducatus et confinium Gallia Cestica ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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Ancienne demeure de Léonard de Vinci, donnée en 1516 par François Ier. Il y passa les trois dernières années de sa vie. Le logis fut construit par un serviteur de Louis XI. Charles VIII en devint propriétaire et fit construire la chapelle. Architecture de style gothique flamboyant.

English translation

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Former dwelling of Leonardo da Vinci, given in 1516 by Francis I. He spent the last three years of his life there. The dwelling was constructed by a servant of Louis XI. Charles VIII became its owner and had the chapel constructed. Architecture of flamboyant Gothic style.

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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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