Chapel of Saint-Hubert — Attraction in Loches

This is one of the interesting attractions within the Château Royal d'Amboise grounds and the first building that most visit upon entry. This is a charming chapel built in 1493 of Flamboyant Gothic architecture. The facade and interior are elaborate and impressive, within you will find the believed tomb of Leonardo da Vinci.

If using the HistoPad during your visit to the castle there is audio information regarding the history of the chapel and its link to Da Vinci that you can learn about as part of your...

This Chapel in Amboise is a true jewel of flamboyant Gothic architecture, built between 1491 and 1496 on the orders of Charles VIII and Anne of Brittany on the remains of an old oratory of Louis XI. Installed overlooking the rampart, approximately 25m above the city, it resembles an oratory suspended above the Loire. Though it has been renovated in 2024 where more than 50 craftsmen and ten trades worked to restore the framework, sculptures, stained-glass windows, roof...

Burial place of LdV, with good interactive view with guide tablet showing how Skelton lays in grave. However more effort should be made to provide English communications, for example I have done recorded walking guides where visitors plug in ear phones in the tablet at each specific point. This also stops the disturbance from guides talking to large groups around exhibits and stops the enjoyment for others, you will have peace and...