{"id":4496,"date":"2024-01-11T11:26:40","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T10:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amboise-valdeloire.com\/?page_id=4496"},"modified":"2025-10-03T16:18:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T14:18:06","slug":"museums","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/amboise-valdeloire.com\/en\/museums\/","title":{"rendered":"Museums"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\tAre you a fan of museums? Popular art, tradition, history and heritage, world culture: the museums of Amboise Val de Loire and all their great diversity are sure to amaze.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t On the banks of the Loire, it seems that the genius of Leonardo da Vinci has continued to inspire the greatest minds throughout the history of this royal city.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t The Neapolitan monk Pacello da Mercoliano, a contemporary and compatriot of Leonardo da Vinci, transformed the Ch\u00e2teau Gaillard Royal Estate<\/strong><\/a> into his very own laboratory. His speciality: the art of gardening, sowing the 15 hectares of this great estate. His inventiveness allowed him to accommodate several species of orange tree in the Amboise climate<\/strong>, 2,000 km from Naples.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Another great builder, the Duke of Choiseul had a gigantic palace, equal to that of Versailles, constructed on the lands of Chanteloup. For this former Prime Minister to King Louis XV, the goal was to regain the king’s favour. But it would all be in vain, as he died in exile in the lands of Amboise, though not without having left a monument as exotic as it was extravagant to the region’s heritage: the iconic Pagode de Chanteloup<\/strong><\/a>, the only remains of the now-disappeared palace.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t A century later, another exiled man came to mark the history of Amboise. But, this time, he came from much further afield. Defender of the Algerian cause, the Emir Abd El-Kader was held prisoner in the Amboise Ch\u00e2teau Royal for four years, in the company of around a hundred of his peers. Finally freed by Emperor Napoleon III in person, this protector of the Christians of the Orient would retain a particular attachment to Amboise, offering the city a magnificent crystal chandelier<\/strong> that still hangs in the Church of Saint-Denis<\/strong> today.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t Much closer to us, the Amboise landscape itself would be shaped as the region opened itself up to tourism.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\tSeveral centuries of great minds who, each in their own way, have left their mark on Amboise<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\tPacello da Mercoliano<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
Le Duc de Choiseul<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\tEmir Abd El-Kader<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\tFrancis Poulenc<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t