The town of Amboise has benefited for years of its geographic position, with an island splitting the Loire in two seperate parts (Ile d'Or) and a hill looking down on the valley. The "Ile d'Or" was chosen by Clovis (king of the Francs" and Alaric (chief of the Wisigoths) in 503 to sign a peace treaty.
Amboise was then forgotten by the kings of France, particularly after the Amboise conjuration in 1560, during which 1500 people were executed, some even hung to the castle's balcony. It is not until the XVIIIth century that Ambroise met its past splendor again with Choiseul, a former Louis XV's minister. In his domain of Chanteloup, he entertains a court and organizes a lot of parties. You can still visit the Pagod there, built in 1778 with a chinese influence.
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