Château d'Amboise
In 1516, Francis I of France invited Leonardo da Vinci to the Château d'Amboise and provided him with the Château du Clos Lucé, then called Château de Cloux, as a place to stay and work. Leonardo, a famous painter and inventor, arrived with three of his paintings, namely the "Mona Lisa", "Sainte Anne", and "Saint Jean Baptiste", today owned by the Louvre museum of Paris.