“Science comes by observation, not by authority” Leonardo was born on 15 April 1452, the illegitimate son of Ser Piero, a Florentine lawyer, and Caterina, the maid at an inn in Vinci ... craftsman in ...

Chad Trainer on Leonardo da Vinci as a philosopher. Francis I, King of France and patron of Leonardo da Vinci, once proclaimed in a conversation with the King of Navarre and the Cardinals of Ferrara ...

La belle ferronnière - a portrait of a lady from the court of Milan - is a work attributed to Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci It took ... guest of the monarch, Francis I.

Pope Francis arrives at Fiumicino International airport Leonardo da Vinci, some 30 kilometers south-west of Rome ... as he leads a memorial Mass for Pope John Paul II at the St. Michael church in ...