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The Château Gaillard royal estate is a late 15th-century residence and its gardens, located in Amboise (Indre-et-Loire). Established by Charles VIII on his return from the first Italian War (1496) and entrusted to the Neapolitan monk Dom Pacello da Mercogliano from 1505, the estate is considered the birthplace of Renaissance gardens in France, with the first parterres ‘à l’italienne’ and the first royal orangery in France. The residence, built in white tuffeau stone, combines late Gothic and Italian Renaissance styles. The Cardinal of Lorraine had the façade remodelled in 1559. Listed as a monument historique from 1963 and extended in 2023, the estate has been restored and reopened to the public.