Just before sunset.
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The Château d'Amboise is located on a spur above the river Loire. The strategic qualities of the site were recognised before the medieval construction of the castle, and a Gallic oppidum was built there. In the late 9th century, Ingelgarius was made viscount of Orléans, and through his mother, was related to Hugh the Abbot, tutor to the French kings. Ingelgarius married Adelais, a member of a prominent family who controlled Château d'Amboise. He was later made Count of the Angevins and his rise can be attributed to his political connections and reputation as a soldier.
Château d'Amboise would pass through Ingelgarius and Adelais' heirs, and he was succeeded by their son, Fulk the Red. As Fulk the Red expanded his territory, Amboise, Loches, and Villentrois formed the core of his possessions. Amboise lay on the eastern frontier of the Angevins holdings.
Amboise and its castle descended through the family to Fulke Nerra in 987. Fulk had to contend with the ambitions of Odo I, Count of Blois who wanted to expand his own territory into Anjou. Odo I could call on the support of many followers and instructed Conan, Count of Rennes, Gelduin of Saumur, and Abbot Robert of Saint-Florent de Saumur to harass Fulk's properties. While Conan was busy on Anjou's western border, Gelduin and Robert attempted to isolate the easternmost castles of Amboise and Loches by raiding the Saumurois and disrupting communications. To further threaten Amboise, fortifications were erected at Chaumont and Montsoreau, while Saint-Aignan was garrisoned.
There is actually a 12th-century Book of the Construction of the Castle of Amboise and the Deeds of Its Lords.
Since 1840, the Château d'Amboise has been listed as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture. Today, the present comte de Paris, descendant of Louis-Philippe, repairs and maintains the château through the Fondation Saint-Louis.
Adapted from Wikipedia
PS: To the right of the castle, covered in scaffolding, is the Chapel of Saint-Hubert, the reputed burial place of Leonardo da Vinci (although there's no evidence to support this claim). Leonardo definitely lived in Amboise for the final three years of his life and was buried there at his own request, but his bones were lost during the turbulence of the French Revolution, and until DNA tests prove otherwise, no one knows where his remains are.
PPS: The photo was taken with a D7200 and a 70-300 lens.
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The Château d'Amboise is located on a spur above the river Loire. The strategic qualities of the site were recognised before the medieval construction of the castle, and a Gallic oppidum was built there. In the late 9th century, Ingelgarius was made viscount of Orléans, and through his mother, was related to Hugh the Abbot, tutor to the French kings. Ingelgarius married Adelais, a member of a prominent family who controlled Château d'Amboise. He was later made Count of the Angevins and his rise can be attributed to his political connections and reputation as a soldier.
Château d'Amboise would pass through Ingelgarius and Adelais' heirs, and he was succeeded by their son, Fulk the Red. As Fulk the Red expanded his territory, Amboise, Loches, and Villentrois formed the core of his possessions. Amboise lay on the eastern frontier of the Angevins holdings.
Amboise and its castle descended through the family to Fulke Nerra in 987. Fulk had to contend with the ambitions of Odo I, Count of Blois who wanted to expand his own territory into Anjou. Odo I could call on the support of many followers and instructed Conan, Count of Rennes, Gelduin of Saumur, and Abbot Robert of Saint-Florent de Saumur to harass Fulk's properties. While Conan was busy on Anjou's western border, Gelduin and Robert attempted to isolate the easternmost castles of Amboise and Loches by raiding the Saumurois and disrupting communications. To further threaten Amboise, fortifications were erected at Chaumont and Montsoreau, while Saint-Aignan was garrisoned.
There is actually a 12th-century Book of the Construction of the Castle of Amboise and the Deeds of Its Lords.
Since 1840, the Château d'Amboise has been listed as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture. Today, the present comte de Paris, descendant of Louis-Philippe, repairs and maintains the château through the Fondation Saint-Louis.
Adapted from Wikipedia
PS: To the right of the castle, covered in scaffolding, is the Chapel of Saint-Hubert, the reputed burial place of Leonardo da Vinci (although there's no evidence to support this claim). Leonardo definitely lived in Amboise for the final three years of his life and was buried there at his own request, but his bones were lost during the turbulence of the French Revolution, and until DNA tests prove otherwise, no one knows where his remains are.
PPS: The photo was taken with a D7200 and a 70-300 lens.
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