Landscape
People of Arezzo in the Val di Chiana, a valley in Tuscany, have traditionally claimed the Mona Lisa landscape as theirs. An article published in the journal Cartographica suggests that the landscape comprises two parts which when placed together correspond to Leonardo’s topographic map, the Val di Chiana.
Read more about this topic: Speculation About Mona Lisa
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“they hear the tolling bell
Reaching across the landscape of hysteria,”
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