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La demeure de Léonard de Vinci
"Tout est Là"
The Château du Clos Lucé-Parc Leonardo da Vinci has been the property of the Saint Bris family for nearly two centuries, and it has been preserved and re-organised with the principal objective of creating a place of reference and discovery with regard to the life and works of Leonardo da Vinci.
This determination is reinforced by the fact that such a place, outlining in detail the different facets of Leonardo da Vinci’s life, is a first.
The Clos Lucé manor, special in the sense that it was the artist’s only home (as he spent much of his life travelling), is consequently an ideal venue for this tribute, and its historic legitimacy is indisputable. Thanks to its vocation as a site dedicated to the memory of Leonardo and to the transmission of the knowledge that he developed, the Château du Clos Lucé refuses to separate the man from the painter, architect and the engineer. It is Leonardo da Vinci in all his truths that the Park is aiming to restore.
The final home of Leonardo da Vinci
After years of being on the move, the Château du Clos Lucé became Leonardo da Vinci’s first personal home, and the estate on which he was to live out the last three years of his life.
Having crossed the Alps carrying three of his most remarkable paintings (The Mona Lisa, the Virgin and Child with St Anne and St John the Baptist) on the back of a mule, the Tuscan artist arrived at the Château du Clos Lucé, which had been given to him by François 1st, in 1516.
Here, Leonardo was “free to think, dream and work.”
Today, the visitor can discover and even become part of the atmosphere in which the genius was immersed between 1516 and 1519.
"Tout est Là"
The Château du Clos Lucé-Parc Leonardo da Vinci has been the property of the Saint Bris family for nearly two centuries, and it has been preserved and re-organised with the principal objective of creating a place of reference and discovery with regard to the life and works of Leonardo da Vinci.
This determination is reinforced by the fact that such a place, outlining in detail the different facets of Leonardo da Vinci’s life, is a first.
The Clos Lucé manor, special in the sense that it was the artist’s only home (as he spent much of his life travelling), is consequently an ideal venue for this tribute, and its historic legitimacy is indisputable. Thanks to its vocation as a site dedicated to the memory of Leonardo and to the transmission of the knowledge that he developed, the Château du Clos Lucé refuses to separate the man from the painter, architect and the engineer. It is Leonardo da Vinci in all his truths that the Park is aiming to restore.
The final home of Leonardo da Vinci
After years of being on the move, the Château du Clos Lucé became Leonardo da Vinci’s first personal home, and the estate on which he was to live out the last three years of his life.
Having crossed the Alps carrying three of his most remarkable paintings (The Mona Lisa, the Virgin and Child with St Anne and St John the Baptist) on the back of a mule, the Tuscan artist arrived at the Château du Clos Lucé, which had been given to him by François 1st, in 1516.
Here, Leonardo was “free to think, dream and work.”
Today, the visitor can discover and even become part of the atmosphere in which the genius was immersed between 1516 and 1519.