The Château d’Amboise,the gardens !!! 

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Let me tell you about a dandy in my road warrior rounds in the wonderful sublime Loire Valley. This is a spot have come several times to the gorgeous castle, I came by again this week and took nice pictures for you and me. It was a great experience, and always looking forward to be back, eventually, Do read my several posts on the castle and City in my blog, This time let me tell you again on the Château d’Amboise, the gardens !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I.

At the exit of the Royal Castle of Amboise, a discovery trail of the gardens several gardens enhance the château’s exterior design. You see the terrasse de Naples or Naples terrace located to the left of the Aumale Gallery, this terrace features three belvederes overlooking the Loire. It houses a Renaissance garden at the end of the 15C, designed by Dom Pacello da Mercogliano. The gardener innovated by opening windows onto the landscape, thus departing from the medieval tradition of the walled garden. This terrace was planted, until a few years ago, with lime trees along its entire length. This configuration erased all traces of the first garden of the Château, created in 1496 according to the wishes of Charles VIII, returning from Italy. The garden bears within it the seeds of the gardens of the French Renaissance, open to the landscape and visible from the rooms of the residence.

The terrasse supérieure or upper terrace, planted with hornbeams, runs along the medieval rampart to the northeast of the estate. This hill, designed for defensive purposes, has been converted into a belvedere, revealing at its base a small room decorated with a sculpture of King Louis XII’s symbolic animal: the porcupine. The belvedere’s position allows one to see the great ditches and the counter-escarpment beyond the eastern rampart.

The jardins paysagers or landscaped gardens consists of paths lined with holm oaks, boxwood, cypresses, and muscat vines. It is extended on the southeast side by the Oriental Garden, designed in 2005 by Rachid Koraïchi in honor of the companions of Emir Abd el-Kader who died during their captivity. An avenue facing Mecca crosses the alignment of the steles.

A bust of Leonardo da Vinci is erected on the site of the Saint-Florentin collegiate church, an 11C Romanesque church destroyed around 1807, where the artist died in 1519.

The official Château d’Amboise : https://www.chateau-amboise.com/en/

The city of Amboise on its heritage: https://www.ville-amboise.fr/88/monuments-a-visiter.htm

The local Val de Loire tourist office on the château d’Amboise :  https://www.tourainevaldeloire.com/en/offers/chateau-royal-damboise-amboise-en-5153576/

The Centre Val de Loire region tourist office on the Château d’Amboise :  https://www.loirevalley-france.co.uk/discover/loire-chateaux/royal-chateau-amboise/

There you go folks, another dandy town and beautiful castle, always great memories of always ! . It was a great experience to know it, always wonderful uplifting and with great history and architecture I like. Again, hope you have enjoy the post on the Château d’Amboise, the gardens !!! as I.

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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