Piazza Ducale, Castello Sforzesco, Leonardiana in Vigevano, Italy

The Castle and Piazza di Vigevano form an exceptional, architectural and urban complex of the Italian Renaissance. Built in the fourteenth century by Luchino Visconti, the Castle is a creation of the Visconti-Sforza dynasty that connects to a great defensive system that goes from the Alps to the Po, on the border between Milan and Monferrato.
The greatest artists of the Italian Renaissance, such as Bramante and Leonardo da Vinci, collaborated to the creation of the Castle, the Piazza and the Villa. The link between the Castello di Vigevano and the French monarchy is very important. In 1494 the king of France Charles VIII was received there, in 1499 the Duke of Milan Ludovico Maria Sforza, known as il Moro, was held prisoner by Louis XII.
Currently the castle and the city are located within a large natural park as well as an important system of large-scale agricultural economics, reformed by Ludovico il Moro himself in the eighties of the fifteenth century, which, with the Villa Sforzesca, at the same time noble residence and farm, mark a significant stage in the history of the villa in Italy, while it still retains some hydraulic innovations introduced by Leonardo da Vinci.

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