CFX Laboratories 4 and 5 (2nd Version)- Simon Amboise and Vianney Kieken
Amboise Castle
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The castle is on the top of a hill and overlook the Loire River .
It was built during the 15th century.
King Charles VIII lived in the castle with his wife, Anne de Bretagne.
He died in the castle after looking a sport match.
There were two kinds of armour :
-Those with webbed feet and without decoration, for the fight.
-Those with pointed feet and decorations:for the tournaments.
During the 19th century, Napoleon the first gave the castle to Pierre Roger Duccos.
But Pierre Roger Duccos destroyed the 4/5 of the castle.
The parts in red on the picture corresponds to the parts destroyed by Pierre Roger Duccos.