We found the bridge of the Mona Lisa

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The "discovery" of the Tuscan landscapes of the Mona Lisa has just experienced a new twist, with the identification by an Italian historian, Silvano Vinceti, of two sites that surround the portrait of Monna Lisa. Two sites that actually exist, contradicting the thesis of the "ideal landscape" painted by Leonardo da Vinci. Silvano Vinceti, 74, is an atypical historian, specializing in identifying the bones of poets and philosophers, but also those of Caravaggio, and who has written five books on the Mona Lisa and Leonardo daVinci. Twenty years ago, he founded a Committee for the Enhancement of Historic Cultural Property, such as so many in Italy, and which he still chairs.

Now Silvano Vinceti claims to have found the stone bridge on the right of Monna Lisa's portrait. Until then, several hypotheses were circulating. Some - including himself! - having recognized the ancient Buriano bridge in Arezzo, others the Bobbio bridge in Piacenza. Two bridges with arches flatter than...

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