In his very later years Leonardo Da Vinci moved to France at the behest of King Francois I who was a huge patron of science and art. He set Leonardo up in a beautiful chateau near the Loire River in the city of Amboise. Francois visited him frequently and paid him well to continue painting and inventing. His house has a gallery of inventions that amaze even today. They have a wonderful website for his place: <http://www.vinci-closluce.com/en/place-presentation>. We walked all over the grounds of Close Luce and I took many photos of the place, including the room where models of his many inventions are shown.
Leonardo’s bedroom.
He designed a tank.
Machine Gun.
Leonardo designed a screw pump to raise water. This is a design currently used in the Netherlands to control water channels.
Swing Bridge design,
two level bridge design.
Leonardo’s house from the grounds.
