Church of St. Florentina, which is located on the banks of the Loire - is another attraction of Amboise, associated with the name of the famous citizen - artist, scientist and inventor Leonardo da Vinci.

Leonardo da Vinci died in May 1519 in his castle Chateau du Clos-Luce and buried themselves in the church of Saint Florentine, which were buried as rich and noble citizens and government officials. Will genius was performed, but his remains are buried in the chapel of Saint-Hubert, located near the Château d'Amboise. This has not been fully dispelled doubt whether genius bones lie beneath a marble slab.

The church was built in the XV century and was intended only to King Louis XI and his family. In Amboise while the epidemic raged, and the king, as he could, trying to protect themselves and their neighbors from infection. In the second half of the XVI century, it has become the center of the conspiracy of Amboise, due to which the country began fighting, called Huguenot wars and lasted for more than thirty years. During these wars the church of St. Florentin was looted burial inside it were desecrated, and the building was heavily damaged. At the beginning of the XIX century, Napoleon gave heavily battered by the revolution the castle Amboise third French Consul Roger Ducos. That, in turn, ordered to demolish the dilapidated building of the church, and the stones used for the restoration of the castle.

Only in the second half of the XIX century on the site of the church of St. Florentin was excavated, and the dust that was allegedly identified as the remains of Leonardo da Vinci was buried in the chapel of Saint-Hubert.

Church of St. Florentina was reconstructed in the middle of the XX century and acquired the status of a historical monument. Her style is characterized as Gothic, especially its interior is a hall with arches and stained glass windows.