Source When & Where to see Leonardo da Vinci’s Exhibition Some of Da Vinci’s models in the Niccolai’s Collection. Families with children can also enjoy didactic laboratories. The contraptions are accompanied by illustrative panels and informative videos. The exhibition at Fortezza Firmafede will include 20 models, some of which are interactive and can be actioned by the visitors themselves. The accuracy of the models has been praised by different experts, including Professor Carlo Pedretti, Director of the Armand Hammer Centre for Leonardo Studies at the University of California in Los Angeles. Furthermore, these machines were recreated using the materials of his time, such as wood, metal, ropes and fabrics.

It is owned by the Niccolai Family, whose members are particularly skilled craftsmen and have developed about 150 different models based on Da Vinci’s codes and historic documents.

“ Le Macchine di Leonardo” is the world’s biggest private collection of machines by Leonardo da Vinci. How cool would it be to see some of his inventions, such as flying machines, war vehicles and mechanics & hydraulics devices? This spring you can enjoy a beautiful exhibition of such creations in Sarzana, specifically in Fortezza Firmafede from 18 March to. Leonardo da Vinci is revered for his technological ingenuity, and is considered by many as the prime example of Universal Genius, the polymath of the Renaissance Era.

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