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    The Château d'Amboise is a château in Amboise, located in the Indre-et-Loire département of the Loire Valley in France. Confiscated by the monarchy in...
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    Saint Florentin at the Château d'Amboise in 12 August 1519, the current location of his remains is unclear. Much of Château d'Amboise was damaged during the...
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    notably the Château de Montsoreau, the Château de Langeais, the Château d'Amboise, the Château de Blois, the Château de Gaillon and the Château de Chambord...
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    their peak in the gardens of the royal Château de Fontainebleau, Château d'Amboise, Château de Blois, and Château de Chenonceau. French Renaissance gardens...
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    Douglas Lee and completed in 1929. It was modeled loosely after the Château d'Amboise, a royal retreat in France's Loire Valley. The hotel is known as both...
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    viewed from the Château d'Amboise Château d'Amboise Tour de l'Horloge (the Clock Tower) Exterior shot of the Clos Lucé Mansion Château d'Amboise over Loire...
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    after accidentally striking his head on the lintel of a door at the Château d'Amboise, his place of birth. Since he had no male heir, he was succeeded by...
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    The Château de Chaumont (French pronunciation: [ʃɑto də ʃomɔ̃]), officially Château de Chaumont-sur-Loire, is a castle (château) in Chaumont-sur-Loire...
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    The Château du Clos Lucé (or simply Clos Lucé), formerly called Manoir du Cloux, is a large château located in the center of Amboise, in the department...
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  • accompanied him with the other members of his family to be exiled in the Château d'Amboise in France. Mustapha, along with all of his other brothers, left Amboise...
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    châteaux were built on hilltops, such as the Château d'Amboise, while the only one built in the riverbed is the Château de Montsoreau. Many had exquisite churches...
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    of King Francis I and his wife Claude. Charlotte was born in the Château d'Amboise, on 23 October 1516, the second daughter and child of King Francis...
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    as the Château d'Amboise, Château d'Azay-le-Rideau, Château de Chambord, Château de Chenonceau, Château de Chinon, Château de Montsoreau, Château du Rivau...
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    damages and the return of five properties, including the Château d'Amboise. In 1886, the château was bequeathed to the Institute of France by Jean's ancestor...
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  • Amboise, which ultimately grew to be the royal residence known as the Château d'Amboise. Adelais and Ingelger, who has been identified as either a viscount...
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    the Château d'Amboise and also started renovations on the Château de Blois. Early in his reign, he began construction of the magnificent Château de Chambord...
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    of the royal Château d'Amboise. From 1761 to 1785 Chanteloup belonged to King Louis XV's prime minister, the Duke of Choiseul. The château was mostly demolished...
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    removed from the Louvre and taken first to the Château d'Amboise, then to the Loc-Dieu Abbey and Château de Chambord, then finally to the Musée Ingres...
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    impressed by her. He then travelled south to the French court at the Château d'Amboise, where he met Madeleine, and again pressed Francis for her hand in...
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    replica of the original Chapel of Saint Hubert on the grounds of the Château d'Amboise. It took several years, but construction was completed in 1913. Belmont's...
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    forebears, however, forfeited the château whence they derived their name. His nephews Louis d'Amboise, Georges II d'Amboise and François Guillaume de Castelanu...
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    oldest known examples. Other equestrian staircases are found: in the Château d'Amboise, the Tour de Minimes and the Tour Heurtault both have equestrian staircases...
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    summer archiepiscopal residence of Georges d'Amboise, Cardinal Archbishop of Rouen; he made of the old château-fort a palatial Early Renaissance structure...
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    foundation. Its assets comprise Château d'Amboise (with a family museum), the Château de Bourbon-l'Archambault and the Château de Dreux (private residence)...
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    sphere of the Pope himself. She married Duke Lorenzo II de' Medicis in Château d'Amboise on 5 May 1518. Their wedding was a sumptuous festival that marked...
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    the Château de Montsoreau. Examples of such residential castles include the Château de Chambord, the Château de Chenonceau, or the Château d'Amboise. Following...
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    ISBN 8776950301 Dupuch, Antoine-Adolphe (1849). Abd-el-Kader au château d'Amboise. Bordeaux: Imprimerie de H. Faye. OCLC 457413515. Dupuch, Antoine-Adolphe...
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    Bistra Castle in Slovenia Depiction of the miracle of the stag at Château d'Amboise, France. Glass window with St. Hubert from Vorarlberg, Austria. St...
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    (French: L'orangerie du château de Versailles) was built by Jules Hardouin-Mansart between 1684 and 1686, before work on the Château de Versailles had even...
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  • Saint-Pierre-des-Corps) Villandry (Château de Villandry) Amboise (Château d'Amboise – Chapel of Saint-Hubert) Cheverny (Château de Cheverny) Bourré (La Cave...
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