Researchers have discovered hidden tunnels beneath Milan’s Sforza Castle, which may have been used for military defense, possibly connected to Leonardo da Vinci’s designs. The underground ...

The Italian genius, who was a revolutionary mathematician but also an expert in military structures, may have been responsible for the secret passages found under the Sforza Castle in Milan.

Leonardo often spent time at the castle during the late 1400s as a member of the court of Duke Ludovico Sforza, who commissioned the artist for a painting featured in the property’s Sala delle ...

The discovery, which the Politecnico di Milano announced in January, came about through a series of surveys that aimed to digitize the 15th century Sforza Castle’s underground structures through ...

The extent of Leonardo’s involvement in the construction of the castle is unclear, but the finding “reinforces the influence of this great thinker on the history and architectural development of the ...

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