国际英语资讯:Spotlight: Italy celebrates Leonardo da Vinci on 500th anniversary of his death_时事

国际英语资讯:Spotlight: Italy celebrates Leonardo da Vinci on 500th anniversary of his death

The museum holds the most important historical collection in the world of detailed models based on his drawings: over 130 of them, showing Da Vinci's different fields of interest, from flight to military engineering, from architecture to work machines.

In another tribute to the master on the 500th anniversary of his death, the Italian Foreign Ministry has organized over 150 events around the world, including exhibits, conferences, screenings and theater performances.

"Engineer, painter, scientist, and universal talent, Leonardo left us an infinite body of work to be studied (and) admired," the ministry said in a statement.

The events include an exhibition called "Opera Omnia" (Latin for "Complete Works") that will travel to 14 countries in Africa, Asia, and Europe, and a multi-disciplinary digital show called "Da Vinci Experience", which will be presented in North and South America, the ministry said.

Da Vinci spent his last years at the Chateau du Clos Luce, a small castle near the city of Amboise in the Loire Valley, under the patronage of King Francis I of France.

He died there in 1519 at age 67, and Italian President Sergio Mattarella traveled on Thursday to meet French President Emmanuel Macron at the tomb of the Renaissance genius, where they both laid white flowers in a solemn ceremony.

"We are very grateful to the President of the Italian Republic, Sergio Mattarella, for his visit," French Ambassador Christian Masset said in an interview with RAI public broadcaster in Rome on Thursday.