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    Amboise (US: /ɒ̃ˈbwɑːz/; French: [ɑ̃bwaz] ) is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France. Today a small market town, it was once home...
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    list of World Heritage Sites. The valley includes historic towns such as Amboise, Angers, Bloishugxk, Chinon, Montsoreau, Orléans, Saumur, and Tours. The...
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    Valley on the south bank of the river Loire, downstream from the town of Amboise and about 2.3 kilometres (1.4 mi) southwest of the royal Château d'Amboise...
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    wine-growing area, and bordered on its northern edge by the Forest of Amboise. The difference in spelling between the Château's name (Chenonceau) and...
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    Louis XI ravaged the castle of Chaumont of Pierre d'Amboise to punish the Amboise family for supporting the League of the Public Weal. The king pardoned...
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    Rivière (French pronunciation: [ʁivjɛʁ] ) is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France. The inhabitants are called Ripérains in French...
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    Artenay Aschères-le-Marché Ascoux Attray Audeville Augerville-la-Rivière Aulnay-la-Rivière Autruy-sur-Juine Autry-le-Châtel Auvilliers-en-Gâtinais Auxy Baccon...
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    v t e Communes of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site Amboise Avaray Avoine Azay-le-Rideau Ballan-Miré Baule Beaugency Beaumont-en-Véron Béhuard...
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    v t e Communes of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site Amboise Avaray Avoine Azay-le-Rideau Ballan-Miré Baule Beaugency Beaumont-en-Véron Béhuard...
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    v t e Communes of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site Amboise Avaray Avoine Azay-le-Rideau Ballan-Miré Baule Beaugency Beaumont-en-Véron Béhuard...
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    head on the lintel of a door leading to the court in the royal Château at Amboise. King Charles IX granted a constitution to the Corporation of Tennis Professionals...
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    Catherine de' Medici. In 1560 he was one of the principal instigators of the Amboise conspiracy; in September of that year he was with Antoine of Navarre at...
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    v t e Communes of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site Amboise Avaray Avoine Azay-le-Rideau Ballan-Miré Baule Beaugency Beaumont-en-Véron Béhuard...
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  • Ainay-le-Château Aire-sur-la-Lys Aix-en-Provence Alençon, Orne Amance, Haute-Saône Amboise, Indre-et-Loire Ammerschwihr Angers, Maine-et-Loire Angoulême Antibes Apt...
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    v t e Communes of the Indre-et-Loire department Abilly Ambillou Amboise Anché Antogny-le-Tillac Artannes-sur-Indre Assay Athée-sur-Cher Autrèche Auzouer-en-Touraine...
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    "L'incendie du Château de Valmer, à Chancay". Rivières tourangelles (in French). Monts: Société d'étude de la rivière Indre et de ses affluents: 61–67. Wikimedia...
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    v t e Communes of the Indre-et-Loire department Abilly Ambillou Amboise Anché Antogny-le-Tillac Artannes-sur-Indre Assay Athée-sur-Cher Autrèche Auzouer-en-Touraine...
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    v t e Communes of the Indre-et-Loire department Abilly Ambillou Amboise Anché Antogny-le-Tillac Artannes-sur-Indre Assay Athée-sur-Cher Autrèche Auzouer-en-Touraine...
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    v t e Communes of the Indre-et-Loire department Abilly Ambillou Amboise Anché Antogny-le-Tillac Artannes-sur-Indre Assay Athée-sur-Cher Autrèche Auzouer-en-Touraine...
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    the native language of the area. An ordinance of Charles VIII (born in Amboise, near Tours) in 1490 and one of Louis XII (born in Blois, near Tours) in...
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    v t e Communes of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site Amboise Avaray Avoine Azay-le-Rideau Ballan-Miré Baule Beaugency Beaumont-en-Véron Béhuard...
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  • Indre-et-Loire Saint-Étienne-des-Guérets - Tours 18 N10, D31 Château-Renault, Amboise, Autrèche Aire de la Courte Epée (only southbound) Aire de la Picardière...
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    la Culture Savoyarde Dictionnaire d'Amboise. Pays de Savoie. Editions Amboise. 1989. 2e édition "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv...
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    Artenay Aschères-le-Marché Ascoux Attray Audeville Augerville-la-Rivière Aulnay-la-Rivière Autruy-sur-Juine Autry-le-Châtel Auvilliers-en-Gâtinais Auxy Baccon...
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    himself, whose royal domains included the nearby châteaus at Chambord, Amboise, Blois, and Chenonceau). The University of Orléans also contributed to...
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    v t e Communes of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site Amboise Avaray Avoine Azay-le-Rideau Ballan-Miré Baule Beaugency Beaumont-en-Véron Béhuard...
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    v t e Communes of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site Amboise Avaray Avoine Azay-le-Rideau Ballan-Miré Baule Beaugency Beaumont-en-Véron Béhuard...
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  • October 2020. "Paul Claude Marie Riviere - Les Français Libres". www.francaislibres.net. Retrieved 2020-11-24. "Paul RIVIÈRE". Musée de l'Ordre de la Libération...
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  • of Louvois (1777–1800) Amboise duchy-peerage in 1787, 1 holder Louis-Jean-Marie de Bourbon (1725–1793), duke-peer of Amboise (1787–1790) and of Penthièvre...
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    Louis XII. By 1498, King Charles VIII died with no heirs in the Château of Amboise. As a result, Duke Louis II ran 22 miles between the Château and Blois...
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