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Show Uncover Work of Da Vinci The oldest canal lock In France built by Leonardo da Vinci under the reign of Francois I In the Sixteenth century, has Just been rediscovered near Vlerzon. Da Vinci, who boasted that he was as great an engineer as he was painter, paint-er, constructed the lock because the River Loire lacked sufficient water for the boats, with their cargoes of salt, lhat came up from Nantes. In the course of centuries the lock disappeared disap-peared and even Its exact situation was forgotten, but the old foundations planned by the painter of "Mona Lisa" have just been unearthed. |