Da Vinci鈥檚 French chateau and its digital exhibit is a Time must-see
Ch芒teau du Clos Luc茅 in the Loire Valley opened new galleries after lockdown with works including The Last Supper being blown up and projected onto the walls
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Leonardo da Vinci鈥檚 former home in the Loire Valley has been listed among Time Magazine鈥檚 .
Time made special reference to a new exhibit presented in new galleries that opened at the Ch芒teau du Clos Luc茅 in Amboise (Indre-et-Loire) in June and features 17 digital art works.
Among them are pieces from museums and galleries all over the world, which visitors can now appreciate in more detail, projected onto the walls for an immersive experience.
Francis I of France paid for Tuscan-born Da Vinci to live at Clos Luc茅 after making him 'Premier Painter and Engineer and Architect to the King' in 1516.
This arrangement allowed the king to keep his favourite artist close by, with the royal residence Ch芒teau d鈥橝mboise connected to Ch芒teau du Clos Luc茅 by an underground passage.
Da Vinci spent the last three years of his life at Clos Luc茅, where he worked on various projects for the king and hosted visitors, including fellow artists.
As well as being able to visit some of the rooms where Da Vinci lived and worked, the Clos Luc茅 attraction also offers visitors an opportunity to explore the grounds of the chateau.
The Leonardo da Vinci Park is designed like an open-air museum and features life-sized models of Da Vinci inventions.
Other places in France that made the American magazine鈥檚 annual list of 100 places in the world to visit were Cannes with its new Underwater Edo-Museum, as well as the Bourse de Commerce - Pinault Collection, which opened in Paris in May.
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