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Chateau du Clos Luce & Parc Leonardo da Vinci – Here's the manor house where
Leonardo lived for the last three years of this life, at the invitation
of the king of France, Francois I. At Amboise, despite ill-health, da Vinci continued to work
on his machines and drawings. The chateau is now a museum, where you can
visit period rooms, including Leonardo's bedroom, and see exhibits of
exact models of Leonardo da Vinci's inventions from his drawings – cannons, flying machine, armored
vehicle, prototype helicopter, bridges. |
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Outdoors in the large park are life-size models of da Vinci inventions – flying machine, "air screw," two story bridge, catapult. Bring a picnic, there are picnic tables and children's play area. |
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Tip: Read our blog post "Leonardo da Vinci's Inventions." |
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Parc des Mini-Chateaux (Parc Alize) – This park has miniature versions of 41 chateaux. See scale versions of Chenonceau
and other castles of the Loire, complete with petite figures, water wheels
and windmills, tiny trains running through the miniature countryside. |
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Small children will also like the Parc de le
Fou de l'Ane, a park filled with 12 different kinds of donkeys, a petting
zoo and rides in a donkey cart around the park. |
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Chanteloup Pagoda (south of Amboise) – The chateau of Chanteloup is long gone, but an 18th century Chinese pagoda
and lush green park remains. Climb up the 44 meter high Pagoda to get
a panoramic view of the Loire region. |
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Leonardo da Vinci wanted to create the perfect smile on the Mona Lisa, to find out how do birds fly or clouds form, design a bridge, study teeth and draw the human body, invent a tank, submarine, parachute, and discover why the sky is blue.
“I wanted to learn about everything!”
(Picture book)
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Illustrated biography of the guy who did it all. Da Vinci was a painter, inventor, engineer, pageant director, sculptor, musician. He observed nature, studied the human body, drew maps and designed weapons. (Chapter book)
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(More children's
books on other France pages) |
