Tuesday, September 30, 2014
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Clos Lucé, Amboise, France
Next up on our short tour of places in the Loire Valley was Clos Lucé in Amboise. In 1516, King Francis I of France invited Leonardo da Vinci to Amboise to live and work and provided him with the Clos Lucé, then called Château de Cloux. He died there in 1519.
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Reflection
Now I will show some photos from outside the Château de Chenonceau. The gardens are amazing, both impeccably groomed in the front, and "working" gardens off to the side.
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
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The Bedchamber of the Five Queens.
This bedroom is thus named in memory of Catherine de Medici's two daughters and three daughters-in-law : Queen Margot, Elisabeth of France, Marie Stuart, Elisabeth of Austria and Louise de Lorraine.
Monday, September 1, 2014
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