FRANCE - LOIRE VALLEY - INDRE ET LOIRE (37) - CASTLE OF CLOS LUCE : AERIAL VIEW FROM THE SOUTH EAST. ON BACKGROUND, THE SOUTHERN SUBURBS OF THE CITY O

---

FRANCE - LOIRE VALLEY - INDRE ET LOIRE (37) - CASTLE OF CLOS LUCE : AERIAL VIEW FROM THE SOUTH EAST. ON BACKGROUND, THE SOUTHERN SUBURBS OF THE CITY OF AMBOISE. FRANCOIS 1ER AND HIS ELDER SISTER, MARGUERITE DE NAVARRE WERE RAISED HERE A PART OF THEIR YOUTH. LEONARDO DA VINCI ARRIVED HERE IN 1516, AT THE AGE OF 64, BRINGING WITH HIM THREE OF HIS MAJOR CANVASES: ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST, THE VIRGIN, THE CHILD JESUS AND ST. ANNE AND THE MONA LISA. HERE, LEONARD IS NEAR THE CASTLE OF AMBOISE, THE HOME OF KING FRANCOIS 1ST. THE KING NAMED HIM "FIRST PAINTER, FIRST ENGINEER AND FIRST ARCHITECT OF THE KING" WITH AN ANNUAL PENSION OF ONE THOUSAND CROWNS. HE DIED AT CLOS LUCE IN 1519, AND IS BURIED AT AMBOISE CASTLE.

---

Size: 7286px × 4858px
Location: FRANCE. VAL DE LOIRE
Photo credit: © Stephane COMPOINT / Onlyfrance.fr / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 37, aerial, castle, castles, chateaux, clos, compoint, da, de, eu, europe, exterior, france, heritage, horizontal, indre, la, leonard, leonardo, loire, luce, onlyfrance, patrimoine, picture, shot, stephane, val, valley, view, vinci, western