Here are some photos I took recently on visits to the Manoir de Clos Lucé, which was Leonardo da Vinci's home from 1516 to his death in 1519. Of course, this charming medieval manor house in the centre of Amboise has been home to lots of other people as well over the centuries, but Leonardo is the only one you will learn anything about if you visit.
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Original painted ceiling beams.
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A bronze bust of Leonardo da Vinci in the hallway.
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A cabinet displaying facsimiles of Renaissance scientific instruments, notebooks, sketches, pigments and paint brushes (which artists of the time would have made themselves).
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A cabinet with a collection of natural history objects that would have been of interest to someone like Leonardo, and referencing the idea of a 'cabinet of curiosities', very popular in the Renaissance.
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The entrance to the underground tunnel which connects Clos Lucé to the Chateau Royal and allowed Francois I to visit on a daily basis without having to go out on the open street.
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Wall paintings in the oratory, built for Anne of Brittany, a previous occupant of Clos Lucé. The wall paintings were done by 'disciples' of Leonardo, at some unspecified date. This one is above the door and is the Virgo Lucis, who gives her name to the manor.
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The ceiling of the room where Leonardo's studio has been recreated.
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Recreation of Leonardo's studio.
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Recreation of Leonardo's studio.
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A lovely blacksmith made gate latch in the grounds.
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View from the terrace at Clos Lucé with the Chateau Royal in the background.
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