Amboise

Across the Centre-Loire Valley, few towns have a past as inseparable from the French crown as Amboise. Set above the Loire, it was a favoured royal residence in the late Middle Ages and Renaissance, and the Château Royal d’Amboise retains its commanding position over the river. Francis I invited Leonardo da Vinci to spend his final years at nearby Clos Lucé; the Italian master died there in 1519. Amboise also gave its name to the 1560 conspiracy, a failed Huguenot plot against the young King Francis II during the mounting religious tensions of the era. Browse other webcams across the Loire Valley to place Amboise in a wider geographic context.

Generated by AI