The banks of the Loire are lined with sumptuous châteaux: Amboise is topped with one, Mick Jagger owns another, just down the rue, and the very finest is at nearby Chenonceau. And then there's Vouvray ...

Amboise, 1518… After returning victorious from Italy, François I still had to fight for power: crime, seduction, diplomacy, and conspirations could still ruin his dream of glory and Empire. Through ...

As the Loire River glides gently east to west, officially separating northern from southern France, it has come to define one of France's most popular tourist regions. Because of its history, this ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Five hundred years ago this fall, Leonardo da Vinci arrived in Amboise, a small town on France’s Loire River, bringing with him his three most famous ...

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PARIS >> The presidents of France and Italy laid a wreath today on the tomb of Leonardo da Vinci, who died in the French town of Amboise exactly 500 years ago. The joint visit by Presidents Emmanuel ...

AMBOISE, Loire Valley, France, April 28 (Reuters) - C ommemorations for Leonardo da Vinci's 500th anniversary begin this week in Amboise, in the Loire Valley, with France and Italy setting aside ...

PARIS – The presidents of France and Italy laid a wreath Thursday on the tomb of Leonardo da Vinci, who died in the French town of Amboise exactly 500 years ago. The joint visit by Presidents Emmanuel ...