Chateau Saumur
I became familiar with Château Saumur, or at least its image, in college many, many years ago (1972) while training to be an art teacher.
Leonardo da Vinci's Helicopter
He imagined vertical flight long before the necessary technology to make it work saw the light of day.
What happened to Leonardo da Vinci's Notebooks?
It is not too fanciful to say that the world owes a huge debt of gratitude to Francis I, King of France for Leonardo's Notebooks, or at least some of them.
Leonardo da Vinci's Tunnels
In 1494 Leonardo da Vinci started working for Ludovico Sforza, the duke of Milan.
Leonardo's Rule of Trees
Dendrologists, who study the growth patterns and structures of trees, say that Leonardo's Rule of Trees is spot on.