On the grounds of the château at Amboise is this little chapel. It is the presumed burial site of Leonardo da Vinci. I say presumed because, while there is a tomb and marker, no one is absolutely sure that he's in there. It makes sense that he would be because he was a friend of the king (François I), spent his last years just up the street at the Clos Lucé, and died there in 1519.
The Saint-Hubert Chapel in silhouette. Scanned color slide from October 2000.
The chapel was built in the late fifteenth century at the top of the castle's west wall. I've posted photos of it before (and probably this photo, too). Here's what the chapel looks like in normal light.
A stunning photo. Fun to compare to the normal light photo, which I DO remember.
ReplyDeleteThis is a striking photo. A stunning one as Mitchell said.
ReplyDeleteOh, my!
ReplyDeleteOMG, Walt, sometimes you realy took/take such kind of "WOW" pictures..... ;-)! That light, that contrast!
ReplyDeleteAll of the sun rays, plus the river even, oh my!
ReplyDeleteno one has thought to dig him up and have a look-see?
ReplyDeleteOMG, what a photo!
ReplyDeleteSpectacular photo, befitting da Vinci.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know there was a question about whether he is actually in residence, so to speak. Reminds me of the old joke about "who is buried in Grant's Tomb?"
We have a similar joke, What is the color of Henri IV's white horse ?
Deletemitch, I remember most of my photos, but I often forget whether I've posted them here.
ReplyDeletechm, merci.
judy, things George Takei might say! ;)
jan, thanks!
evelyn, I'm glad you noticed that. I was going to point it out, but didn't in the end.
michael, I think they did. He was originally buried in another chapel nearby, but so were others. All they found were bones with very little to identify them.
bettyann, :)
emm, haha!