When Leonardo messed with the Arno - Ep. 91

Jul 29, 2022 · 20m 33s
When Leonardo messed with the Arno - Ep. 91
Chapters

01 · Leonardo's impossible dream

Leonardo's impossible dream

35s

02 · The road to Hell...

The road to Hell...

3m 31s

03 · A pact with the "devil"

A pact with the "devil"

8m 1s

04 · Welcome to the bitter end

Welcome to the bitter end

12m 2s

05 · The shape of things to come

The shape of things to come

15m 42s

06 · Outro

Outro

19m 39s

Description

This week, instead of guiding you to a lesser known corner of this incredible region, we'll read from one of the pages in the big book of Tuscan history that...

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This week, instead of guiding you to a lesser known corner of this incredible region, we'll read from one of the pages in the big book of Tuscan history that have remained somehow stuck. Curiously enough, the stars of this remarkable story are two of the most famous people this land has ever had. Pretty much everyone knows about Leonardo da Vinci, the Renaissance man that was able to excel as a painter, scientist and inventor of fantastic machines way ahead of his time. Many also have heard of the politician who came to incarnate the maxim "the end justifies the means", Niccolò Machiavelli. Almost no one knows that these two giants of Renaissance Florence joined forces to follow an impossible dream: changing the course of the mother river of Tuscany, the Arno. While Leonardo wanted to do a massive project to make the frequent and deadly floods a thing of the past, Machiavelli had something else in mind for the talented man from Vinci: deviate the river just before Pisa to starve the city of fresh water. The story of how a possible genocide was averted by the temperamental Arno and the impact of this failure on the careers of the two men is one of the most fascinating and lesser known pages of Tuscan history.
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LINKS TO SOURCES
https://www.latoscanadileonardo.it/it/luoghi/provincia-di-pisa/comune-di-pisa/pisa-e-il-progetto-per-la-deviazione-dell-arno.html
https://www.toctocfirenze.it/progetto-leonardo-vinci-per-larno/
https://www.lanazione.it/empoli/cronaca/2013/04/27/879652-monsummano-celebra-progetto-deviazione-arno-leonardo.shtml
https://www.ilgiornale.it/news/codice-vinci-anti-alluvioni-leonardo-voleva-deviare-l-arno.html
https://www.firenze1903.it/leonardo-da-vinci-il-primo-che-discorresse-sopra-il-fiume-darno-per-metterlo-in-canale-da-pisa-a-firenze/
https://www.nytimes.com/1998/07/17/books/books-of-the-times-a-river-ran-through-their-dreams.html
https://prosperousnetwork.com/2020/12/il-ghiribizzo-di-leonardo-da-vinci/

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Pipe Choir - Bom Bom Breakthrough (Instrumental)
Pipe Choir - Almost Time (Instrumental)
Pipe Choir - Children of the Son (Instrumental)
Pipe Choir - A Dark Blue Arc (Instrumental)
Pipe Choir - Followers (Instrumental)
Wayne John Bradley - Blues Rock Original Instrumental
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https://soundcloud.com/pipe-choir-2/pipechoir-followers-instrumental
https://soundcloud.com/ayneohnradley/blues-rock-original-instrumentalcreative-commons
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