Visual art
Leonardo da Vinci
Addresses you can still visit
Every place in this city with a documented tie to this person.
Created here
Antico Setificio Fiorentino
A still-functioning eighteenth-century warping machine here was constructed from a design attributed to Leonardo.
Traces in other cities
- Milan
- Cassina de’ Pomm and the So-Called Leonardo Bridge — He recorded observations about the Martesana and investigated how Milan’s canals, banks and level changes could be managed.
- Milan
- Chiaravalle Abbey Clock Tower — He examined and drew mechanisms associated with the abbey’s planetary tower clock.
- Milan
- Conca dell’Incoronata and Ponte delle Gabelle — Leonardo’s studies of the lock and its hydraulic gates are documented in the Codex Atlanticus.
- Milan
- Former Site of San Francesco Grande — He painted the central Virgin of the Rocks panel for the Immaculate Conception chapel of the former church.
- Milan
- Leonardo da Vinci National Museum of Science and Technology
- Milan
- Leonardo’s Horse — He designed and produced the unfinished clay model for the monumental Sforza horse that inspired the modern sculpture.
- Milan
- Leonardo3 Museum — The museum interprets his manuscripts, paintings and engineering designs through digital displays and working reconstructions.
Follow the story on foot
These addresses are scattered across the city. Our routes and quests put them in an order that works.