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Itineraries between Prato-Pistoia, Montalbano, Val di Nievole e Lucchesia

portrait of leonardo

 
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In Madrid Ms. II, on folios 22v-23r, Leonardo returns to the project for the Florence Canal illustrated on map RLW 12685 to perfect the positions of the major inhabited centres and to correct the distances between them. Greater precision in the measurements can be noted, although some approximations still remain. Two itineraries can be traced for the area in question.

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From Prato to Villa Basilica

Prato - Pistoia - Montecatini Alto - or, in alternative, Massa e Cozzile to continue toward Buggiano- Borgo a Buggiano - Stignano - Uzzano - Pescia - Collodi (and not Collecchio, as appears in the official transcriptions) - San Gennaro - Villa Basilica, today in the Province of Lucca.

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From Poggio a Caiano to Lamporecchio

Poggio a Caiano - Tizzana - Pistoia - Serravalle Pistoiese - Monsummano - Montevettolini - Cecina - Larciano - Lamporecchio

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Texts by Alessandro Vezzosi, in collaboration with Agnese Sabato

English translation by Catherine Frost

Last update 01/feb/2008