Château Gaillard Christmas decorations, Amboise, 2022 (photography)

The royal estate of Château-Gaillard, wanted by Charles VIII upon his return from the First Italian War, is located in Amboise in the Loire Valley. Including a logis-royal, which is one of the castles of the Loire, it extends at the foot of the southern flank of the Châteliers spur, in the immediate vicinity of Clos-Lucé. The Château-Gaillard estate was a “laboratory” of the French Renaissance: the first acclimatization garden in France, including the creation of the first French royal orangery, the first French Renaissance garden created by Dom Pacello da Mercogliano with the creation of the first axial landscape perspective and the first “French-style” flowerbeds, the first French translation of the Italian Renaissance architecture embodied by the villas. Live in Florence. The royal estate of Château-Gaillard was listed as a historical monument in 19633. After five years of restoration, the estate was opened to the public in 2014. In December, the castle is decorated with Christmas colors and is fully decorated.