Unmissable in Touraine, the Château du Clos Lucé in Amboise, last home of Leonardo da Vinci, is full of treasures to discover. The place itself, made of pink bricks and tufa stones, built on Gallo-Roman foundations, is imbued with a certain very particular atmosphere, especially in the room where the great Leonardo died on May 2, 1519 after 3 years spent with François 1er.
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But the Leonardo Da Vinci Park is absolutely exceptional and also worth visiting. François Saint-Bris invites us on a beautiful stroll here in this report, from a particularly pleasant point of view: the footbridge which dominates a body of water in Leonardo’s garden where hover mists dear to the painter inventor of the “Sfumato”, from the name of this pictorial technique that can be observed in the vaporous veil that envelops the smile of the Mona Lisa.
– @Eric Sander
This 7-hectare natural park where many wild animals, insects, birds and fish live is home to Leonardo’s garden. which allows you to discover the influence of Nature on his work. “Self-taught, it is by observing Nature in which he finds answers that, far from books, Leonardo da Vinci develops a new way of learning by being one of the first to invent experimental science. At the Château du Clos Lucé , Leonardo’s Garden has been designed in the same way: all the answers to questions concerning the Master are there, accessible to children and adults alike. Trees, plants, as well as the movements of water found in the codices or in his paintings come back to life in this garden dedicated to Nature.
– @Eric Sander
In the park, we discover the Leonardo in love with Nature but also the engineer Leonardo, the visionary Leonardo and the painter and architect Leonardo. In the park, climb aboard the tank, operate the aerial screw, handle the machine gun, take a paddle boat ride, cross the swing bridge or the famous twenty-meter high double-span bridge, made with the techniques of the time. All these models are life-size to offer young and old hands-on experiences and verify Leonardo’s intuitions.
“Nature is full of infinite causes, which experience has never demonstrated” Leonardo da Vinci
Until September 20, 2022, you have a unique opportunity to see Leonardo da Vinci’s Saint Jerome at Clos Lucé, in the museum hall located in the park.