Amboise
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| Commune of Amboise | |
| Location | |
| Longitude | 00°59'50" |
| Latitude | 47°24'48" |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Centre |
| Department | Indre-et-Loire |
| Arrondissement | Tours |
| Canton | Amboise |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes Val d'Amboise |
| Mayor | Christian Guyon (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Altitude | 52 m–127 m (avg. 58 m) |
| Land area¹ | 40.65 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
11,457 |
| - Density (1999) | 282/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 37003/ 37400 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Amboise is a medieval town and a commune of France, in the Indre-et-Loire département, on the banks of the Loire River, 14 miles east of Tours. Today a small market town, it was once home of the French royal court.
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[edit] Sights
The city is famous for the Clos Lucé manor house where Leonardo da Vinci lived at the invitation of Francis I of France, whose Château d'Amboise, which dominates the town, is located just 500 meters away. The narrow streets contain some good examples of timbered housing.
[edit] History
The Amboise conspiracy was the conspiracy of Condé and the Huguenots in 1560 against Francis II, Catherine de' Medici, and the Guises.
The Edict of Amboise (1563) conceded the free exercise of their worship to the Protestants.
The great Leonardo da Vinci spent the remaining years of his life in the Amboise. Some of his inventions are still in the Amboise and have not been removed. The house has lost some of it's original building, but it still remains standing today with a beautiful overlook of the Loire River.
[edit] Other events
- Abd el Kader Ibn Mouhi Ad-Din (c.1807-83) was imprisoned at the Château d'Amboise.
[edit] Miscellaneous
with two weekly markets. Thursdays specialise in fish, with the main market on Sundays.
