Le Choiseul Hotel is made up of three houses, 28 rooms, dating from the 15th and 18th centuries. The Maison de l'Ermite, Francois de Paule, a Calabrian hermit came to Amboise at the request of Louis XI and founded the congregation of the Minimes in the 15th century. The present house is built on the foundations of the old convent. The Maison du Duc was given by Louis XV to Etienne Francois Duc de Choiseul, the Minister of Finance and the Army before he, having become rich and important, built a little Versailles, the Chateau de Chanteloup, a short distance away.