Visual art
Leonardo da Vinci
Addresses you can still visit
Every place in this city with a documented tie to this person.
Studied here
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.
Studied here
Chiaravalle Abbey Clock Tower
He examined and drew mechanisms associated with the abbey’s planetary tower clock.
Studied here
Conca dell’Incoronata and Ponte delle Gabelle
Leonardo’s studies of the lock and its hydraulic gates are documented in the Codex Atlanticus.
Created here
Former Site of San Francesco Grande
He painted the central Virgin of the Rocks panel for the Immaculate Conception chapel of the former church.
Commemorated here
Leonardo da Vinci National Museum of Science and Technology
Italy’s largest science and technology museum, bringing Leonardo da Vinci’s art and engineering ideas together with aircraft, trains, energy systems and a real submarine.
Created here
Leonardo’s Horse
He designed and produced the unfinished clay model for the monumental Sforza horse that inspired the modern sculpture.
Commemorated here
Leonardo3 Museum
The museum interprets his manuscripts, paintings and engineering designs through digital displays and working reconstructions.
Traces in other cities
- Florence
- Antico Setificio Fiorentino — A still-functioning eighteenth-century warping machine here was constructed from a design attributed to Leonardo.
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