Vigevano I d e a l T o w n
Vigevano, just 35 km away from Milan, is a jewel, rich of gorgeous but little-known renaissance architecture and art.
Vigevano, just 35 km away from Milan, is a jewel, rich of gorgeous but little-known renaissance architecture and art.
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<strong>Vigevano</strong> V E R S O<br />
E X P O<br />
2 0 1 5<br />
Leonardo da Vinci<br />
and the “Ideal Town”<br />
[This day 2 February 1494 at the Sforzesca I drew<br />
25 steps of 2/3 of an arm each, 8 arms wide]<br />
(Leonardo da Vinci - Manuscript H, sheet 65 v.)<br />
“Adì 2 di febraio 1494 alla Sforzesca ritrassi scalini 25<br />
di 2/3 di braccio l’uno largo braccia 8”<br />
(Leonardo da Vinci - Manoscritto H, foglio 65 v.)<br />
Leonardo da Vinci’s time in <strong>Vigevano</strong> is documented by<br />
the town’s significant cultural heritage, origins of which<br />
can be traced back to the Sforzesca era.<br />
A figure immediately evoking the happy combination of<br />
technology and art, Leonardo worked as an engineer for<br />
the Duke, Ludovico Sforza, known as “Il Moro”, for over<br />
twenty years. The Castle and Piazza Ducale clearly evoke<br />
the great master’s designs for the “Ideal Town”, as does<br />
the Sforzesca, with its network of canals, mills and the<br />
Colombarone, the first example of a Lombard farm.
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