Scholars have long debated whether Leonardo's landscapes are imaginary or real. A hidden clue in da Vinci's Mona Lisa identifies the exact location of the landscape which provides the background to the world's best known painting.
It is now believed that a three-arched bridge which appears over the left shoulder of Lisa Gherardini, wife of Francesco del Giocondo, is a reference to Bobbio, a village which lies in rugged hill country south of Piacenza, in northern Italy.
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