Château du Clos Lucé reopens after restoration, Leonardo da Vinci's final residence

The Château du Clos Lucé, Leonardo da Vinci's last home, has reopened after decades of renovation. The castle, adjacent to the Château d'Amboise in France's Loire Valley, now features exhibits recreating the Renaissance master's living and working spaces. Visitors can see reproductions of the Mona Lisa, Saint John the Baptist, and Saint Anne—the three paintings Leonardo brought with him when he crossed the Alps from Rome in 1516 at age 64, invited by King Francis I. Displays include hydrographic drawings, palace designs, festive decorations, pigment bottles, a small furnace, and a horse sculpture project. Leonardo died in one of the two large first-floor rooms on May 2, 1519, and was buried at the nearby Saint-Hubert Chapel of the Château d'Amboise. Restoration work began in the 1950s and has now concluded, allowing public access to the historic site.