Amboise
Americannoun
noun
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But the rebellion he led in the 19th Century ultimately failed, and he was taken to France and imprisoned for four years with his family in Amboise, a town south-west of Paris.
From BBC • Feb. 5, 2022
The two heads of state will meet at Amboise in the Indre-et-Loire region to visit the Château du Clos Lucé, where Da Vinci lived from March 1516 until his death in 1519.
From The Guardian • May 1, 2019
“It’s an extremely solemn gesture, showing that the two countries have this shared memory, this figure, a culture that binds our two countries,” the director of Amboise castle Jean-Louis Sureau told Reuters in an interview.
From Reuters • Apr. 29, 2019
This chateau that towers over the quaint, cobblestoned town of Amboise is home to the famous Chapel of Saint-Hubert, where Leonard da Vinci is buried.
From Washington Post • Jul. 14, 2016
La Renaudie, nothing daunted, merely postponed his plans; and the conspirators assembled in small parties in the woods round Amboise.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various
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