Mystery detected, Italian historian identifies the site of the bridge in the background of famous Mona Lisa

Italian historian Silvano Vinceti said that there was no doubt that the Romito di Laterina Bridge in the province of Areszo was what Leonardo had painted in the village landscape after the puzzling Mona Liz, which would have ended a mystery that has stirred countless differences over the years.

Leonardo painted Mona Lisa in Florence at the beginning of the 16th century and the identity of the woman presented in the oil painting widely believed to be Lisa del Giocondo has caused as much speculation as the distant background.

The theories in the past have identified the bridge as Ponte Buriano, near Laterina, as well as Ponte Bobbio in the northern Italian town of Piaceza.

Using historical documents and images with the drone, and making comparisons between the picture and the photos of the area, Vinceti said it was <x0.0).

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More significant details, he told reporters at the foreign press association in Rome, was the number of arches - the bridge in Leonardo's painting had four bows, as did Romito. Ponte Buriano, on the other hand, has six bows, while Ponte Bobbio has more than six.

Only one bow remains of Romito, which lay along the Arno River as well as the foundations of the bridge on the opposite side of the river's bank.

The documents belonging to the Medici family that were found in Florence state archives showed that between 1501 and 1503 the bridge was “a very busy and functional” bridge, Vinceti said. He added that it was at the very time that Leonardo was in the Val d'arno area, originally in the service of Cesare Borgia, a cardinal of the most notorious noble family in Italy and Renaissance, and then to Piero Soderin, a statesman of the Republic of Florence.

The bridge provided a short route that reduced the journey between Areszo, Fiesole and Florence by several hours.
Vincenti measured the width between the banks of the river and using the size of the remaining arch, found that four bows of the same size were perfectly adapted along the alignment.

The Arno's <x0.>Precise power along that extent the territory corresponds to what Leonardo portrayed in the left-hand landscape of the noble woman described in the famous” painting, he said.

Vincenti also found documents proving that Leonardo often lived in Fiesole at the time, with an uncle who was a priest.

Simone Neri, mayor of Laterina, said Vince's theory had caused a lot of excitement in the city with a little over 3,500 people. “We should try to protect what's left of the bridge, which will require funds”, she said.

She said a bicycle path was under way along a portion of Arnos that runs from what's left of Ponte Romito, and that she hoped the alleged connection with Mona Liza would bring more tourists to the area.

Vincenti made several other claims for Mona Liza in the past, including that Leonardo used a male and female model in the portrait, which hangs behind an bulletproof mosque in Louvre in Paris.