Mona Lisa’s bridge “discovered”

Using historical documents and drone images, art historian Silvano Vinceti claims to have identified the stone bridge depicted behind Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, ending a 500-year mystery


Vinceti also claims geological formation 15km from Laterina is depicted to left
of Gioconda


ITALY
Bologna
Florence
Arno River
Laterina
Arezzo
TUSCANY
40km 25 miles

Detail

Romito bridge: Vinceti believes overpass depicted in 16th century painting is Etruscan-Roman bridge that used to span Arno River near village of Laterina


Documents found in Florence’s state archives show bridge was “very busy bridge” in 1501-03, when Leonardo was in Val d’Arno


Using size of remaining arch, Vinceti established that four arches of same size fitted perfectly across stretch of Arno River


Source: The Guardian 
Pictures: Wiki Commons, Massimo Civitelli 
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