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Château d'Amboise
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château located in Amboise, France
Key facts
- Alternative names
- Château of Amboise, Amboise Castle
- Architectural style
- Gothic architecture , French Renaissance architecture
- Location
- Amboise , Indre-et-Loire , France
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- château
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Amboise
- Official website
- www.chateau-amboise.com
- Image
- 00 4241 Château d'Amboise - France.jpg
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- architectural style
- International Gothic
- Commons category
- Château d'Amboise
- street address
- place du Château
- native label
- Château d'Amboise
- social media followers
- 17995
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Encyclopedic overview
The Château d'Amboise ( French pronunciation: [ʃato dɑ̃bwaz]) is a château in Amboise, in the Indre-et-Loire department of the Loire Valley in France. Confiscated by the monarchy in the 15th century, it became a favoured royal residence and was extensively rebuilt. King Charles VIII died at the château in 1498 after hitting his head on a door lintel. The château fell into decline from the second half of the 16th century and the majority of the interior buildings were later demolished, but some survived and have been restored, along with the outer defensive circuit of towers and walls. It has been recognised as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture since 1840.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Château d'Amboise” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.