<p>The Royal Estate of <strong>Château Gaillard</strong> is a 15-hectare green setting, located in the heart of the city of Amboise. It is the forgotten paradise of the Renaissance in Touraine. On his return from Italy in 1496, the young King Charles VIII fell in love with Italian cities and palaces and decided to recreate in Amboise, at Château Gaillard, "the <strong>Terrestrial Paradise</strong>". To realize this dream, he convinced 22 Italian artists to return with him to Amboise, including Dom Pacello, the most famous gardener in 1500. He established the first gardens of the French Renaissance at Château Gaillard and acclimatized the first orange trees in France. After 5 years of pharaonic restoration carried out by 50 craftsmen and craftsmen from the Loire Valley, the castle is now open to the public.</p>
<p>Explore the 16th century castle with period furniture, the King’s Gardens, the Royal Orangery with its 60 varieties of citrus fruits, the olfactory grotto, the collection of mouth-blown polychrome stained glass windows, the giant model of the Estate in 1500 , the "house" nap.</p>
