A series of mysterious tunnels first sketched by da Vinci around 1495 have now been discovered beneath the Sforza Castle in Milan. No one knows exactly why these secret passages were built beneath ...

Beneath Sforza Castle in Milan, researchers have discovered a series of secret tunnels—passageways once sketched by the Renaissance artist and scientist Leonardo da Vinci and traversed by a ...

The exciting discovery was made by the Polytechnic University of Milan in January as part of ... but from many others.” Da Vinci often spent time at Sforza’s caslte during the late 1400s ...

A network of secret tunnels associated with Leonardo da Vinci has been uncovered beneath Sforza Castle in Milan.

(CNN) — Leonardo da Vinci excelled in the fields of art and ... scientists have uncovered a hidden feature underneath a medieval castle in Milan, Italy, that researchers once could only ...

Leonardo da Vinci grows up in a Tuscan village surrounded ... talent but at times struggles to finish commissions. Later, in Milan, he joins Duke Sforza’s court, begins writing treatises ...

artists and mathematicians who helped create his vision for Milan through art, architecture and elaborate court pageants. It was in this environment that Leonardo da Vinci would eventually find ...

Everything you need to know about Leonardo da Vinci is contained in the work he did in the 1480s and 1490s for Ludovico Sforza — Ludovico il Moro, the Duke of Milan. And it’s in this capacity ...

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 ...

Notably, construction on Sforza Castle began in the mid-1300s. Around 1495, the lord of Milan hired Da Vinci to decorate the castle's interior walls and ceilings. It was during this time that he ...

Leonardo da Vinci excelled in the fields of art and science ... Now, scientists have uncovered a hidden feature underneath a medieval castle in Milan, Italy, that researchers once could only speculate ...