Don’t miss Curiosities Who was Leonardo? PROLIFIC INVENTOR, INCLUDING THE TANK AND A FLYING MACHINE MADE IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES IN HUMAN ANATOMY CREATED MASTERPIECES SUCH AS THE MONA LISA ACCOMPLISHMENTS Born in Vinci Died in Clos Lucé, France 1452 1519 His work Vitruvian Man appears on Italian 1 Euro coins He wrote hundreds of volumes of notes in backwards handwriting that requires a mirror to read it LIFE WELL SPENT IS LONG The Baptism of Christ and The Annunciation Uffizi Gallery, Firenze Leonardo’s Birthplace Museum Anchiano, Vinci Piombino Fortress Piombino, Livorno Leonardo da Vinci Museum Firenze Verruca Fortress Calci, Pisa Leonardo Museum Vinci, Firenze The leading figure of the High Renaissance was an expert in many areas; science, botany, architecture, archaeology, geology, music, literature, sculpture and painting, as well as being a skilled craftsman and goldsmith. DA VINCI Leonardo