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Leonardo Da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" is one of the most famous works of art in the world, both for its beauty and for the mystery surrounding it.
The Mona Lisa painting is displayed at the Louvre Museum, France. Photo: Getty Images
The subject of debate for centuries, the people of Buriano, in Italy’s Tuscany region, believe that the bridge behind the Mona Lisa is their own Ponte Buriano. They have celebrated it in their local tourism campaign, even declaring on the town’s welcome sign that it is the bridge in Leonardo Da Vinci’s painting.
But now, Italian historian Silvano Vinceti has confirmed that the bridge hidden in the Mona Lisa is actually the Romito Bridge in the nearby town of Laterina.
"The particular shape of the Arno River along that stretch of land corresponds to what Leonardo depicted in the landscape on the left side of the woman," historian Vinceti said at a press conference in Rome on May 3.
Mr Vinceti also made a virtual rendering of the Romito bridge to compare similarities, based on documents from the state archives in Florence.
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The "Mona Lisa" was painted in the early 16th century. Meanwhile, according to historian Vinceti, from 1501 to 1503, Da Vinci lived with Cardinal Cesare Borgia near Laterina. The Romito Bridge was in use at that time and had four spans, just like the one depicted in the artwork.
On the other hand, the Buriano Bridge has six arches and the Ponte Bobbio, a bridge in Piacenza that some believe appears in the painting, has more than six arches.
The Romito Bridge, which connects Arezzo, Fiesole and Florence, is now in ruins. Silvano Vinceti said he studied drone images of the Arno riverbank, ruins and photographs over the years to determine that the Romito tree is the one behind the Mona Lisa.
Laterina Mayor Simona Neri also attended the press conference and expressed excitement at the prospect of the bridge attracting tourists to her town of 3,500 people.
“We really hope that this great news will arouse curiosity and attract domestic and foreign tourists. This will be a great opportunity to restart tourism in our land,” the mayor said.
Leonardo Da Vinci's 16th-century masterpiece is now housed in the Louvre museum in Paris, where millions of tourists visit every year.
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