little town of Vinci has changed very little in 544 years since then. Stone

houses are clustered together around the protective battlements of a castle.

The tall church bell tower is still an important landmark which can be seen

for miles. Vinci is surrounded by fertile farmland. The hillsides are planted

with grape vines and fruit trees and patches of silvery green olive trees dot

the landscape. The slopes above Vinci lead to Mount Albano, a high peak

where Leonardo later hiked and made observations about the atmosphere.

Small mountain streams run down from the mountain past Vinci to the valley

of the Arno River below. For a curious boy who loved nature, the area

around Vinci must have been a wonderful childhood home. Leonardo was

free to explore the woods and streams and to study the insects, animals, and

birds which he later sketched in great detail in his notebooks. Leonardo's

early fascination with nature clearly inspired the paintings he would create as

an adult. The detailed and lifelike plants and wildflowers that he painted at

people were superstitious, children who naturally started using their left

warships to protect the Duke's soldiers in battle. Only at the end of this letter

From these he produced brilliant models of how the heart works. In Rome he

finished, though Leonardo's reputation as a creative and talented engineer

representing emotions. Legend has it that when Verrocchio first saw

metal into strips of uniform size. He also completed another great painting of

invented himself. People who study his notebooks have long been puzzled by

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