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Villa Pliniana
Villa Pliniana is a villa originally built in 1573, on the site of a more modest pre-existing building, in the territory of the municipality of Torno, in the province of Como, on the right bank of the western branch of Lake Como. Fonte Pliniana The villa, located in a wooded inlet of the lake, took its name from Pliny the Younger, who described an intermittent karst spring present there in a letter addressed to his friend Lucius Licinius Sura. An excerpt from the letter reads: A reference to the spring can also be found in the work ''Naturalis historia'' by Pliny the Elder, in which it is reported that'' "In the Como area, near the shores of Lake Lario, there is a copious spring that always grows and falls every hour"''. In the Leicester Codex and in Codex Atlanticus, Leonardo described his visit to the spring which took place a few years before the palace was built. Leonardo went to the lake area, on behalf of the Duchy of Milan, in search of iron minerals necessary to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villa Pliniana
Villa Pliniana is a villa originally built in 1573, on the site of a more modest pre-existing building, in the territory of the municipality of Torno, in the province of Como, on the right bank of the western branch of Lake Como. Fonte Pliniana The villa, located in a wooded inlet of the lake, took its name from Pliny the Younger, who described an intermittent karst spring present there in a letter addressed to his friend Lucius Licinius Sura. An excerpt from the letter reads: A reference to the spring can also be found in the work ''Naturalis historia'' by Pliny the Elder, in which it is reported that'' "In the Como area, near the shores of Lake Lario, there is a copious spring that always grows and falls every hour"''. In the Leicester Codex and in Codex Atlanticus, Leonardo described his visit to the spring which took place a few years before the palace was built. Leonardo went to the lake area, on behalf of the Duchy of Milan, in search of iron minerals necessary to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
