The historian identified the bridge from the painting "Mona Lisa" in the Italian town

Historian Silvano Vincenti discovered that the bridge depicted behind the Mona Lisa in the painting is located in the Tuscan town of Laterina.

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For a long time, the inhabitants of the Tuscan village of Ponte Buriano believed that the bridge behind the Mona Lisa was the bridge of their village. They even made it a key part of their local tourism campaign.

However, Italian historian Silvano Vincenti claims that the bridge behind the Mona Lisa is actually the Romito Bridge in the nearby Tuscan town of Laterina. Now only ruins remain of it.

"The distinctive shape of the Arno River along this stretch of land corresponds to what Leonardo depicted in the landscape to the left of the woman depicted in the famous painting," Vinceti said.

Collage: Wion

Vinceti used documents from the state archives in Florence in his research. He also did a virtual reconstruction to demonstrate the resemblance.

Mona Lisa was painted between 1501 and 1503. At this time, Da Vinci was living with Cardinal Cesare Borgia near Laterina, Vinceti discovered. The bridge in the settlement was used and had four arches, as shown in the picture. At the same time, the bridge in Ponte Buriano has six arches.

Vinceti noted that he studied images of riverbanks, ruins and drone photos over the years to determine that the Etruscan-Roman Romito Bridge was unmistakably what was in the background of the picture.

Currently, about 3,5 people live in the town of Laterina. Its mayor, Simona Neri, hopes that the new opening will increase the flow of tourists and help find funding to protect the remains of the bridge.

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