The multimedia model, which reproduces the village of Vinci and its surroundings as they appeared in the 19th-century Leopoldine Cadastre, is brought to life by an evocative video mapping that reconstructs Leonardo’s project for a large dam intended to create a water-storage basin in the area of Serravalle, east of the village of Vinci, on land owned by his father, Ser Piero da Vinci. The structure was designed to collect the water of several streams in a vast reservoir to power a manufacturing facility, such as a mill.
Approximately 230 meters long and reinforced with massive buttresses, it could have contained one million cubic meters of water.
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Type of exhibit
Multimedia model
Collection
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Relationship with the original work
Source: Leonardo da Vinci, Windsor Collection, RL 912675
Location
Museo Leonardiano, Counts Guidi's castle, first floor
Last update: 17 November 2025, 13:06