Search for Treasure Worldwide Chapter 1717: The secret road to the Renaissance
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When he saw Jason and the others, Ye Tian also nodded slightly towards these three guys. His movements were very small and very hidden, so no one noticed them at all!
Immediately afterwards, Jason’s familiar voice came from the earphones.
“Steven, we have walked Vincenzo Monte Street from beginning to end and have a general understanding of this street. Let me introduce it to you now.
This street was built in the mid-14th century. It was originally a street with a length of only more than 200 meters and a relatively average width. No prominent figures lived here.
In the mid-15th century, the Sforza family became the rulers of Milan and began to build the Sforza Castle. This area was also included in it and became an affiliated street of the castle.
Until 1499, when the Sforza family’s rule in Milan was ended by King Louis XII of France, this ancient street remained owned by the Sforza family.
During this period, many Renaissance-style buildings were built on this street, some of which may have been built by Leonardo da Vinci.
But this is just a conjecture, and there is no concrete evidence to support it. We briefly checked the literature related to this street and found no trace of Leonardo da Vinci.”
Hearing this, Ye Tian immediately smiled and whispered:
“This conjecture is not unreasonable. After Leonardo da Vinci left Florence and came to Milan, he quickly got acquainted with Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan, and became a close friend.
Soon after that, he became the royal painter of the Duke of Milan. In addition, he also had another title, that is, the military engineer of the Duke of Milan, who was in charge of the construction of military projects.
While serving as a military engineer, his main responsibility was to strengthen the defense capabilities of Sforza Castle and build Sforza Castle into the new political center of the city of Milan.
He made a plan to expand a rectangular square in front of the castle and build an avenue extending to Milan Cathedral Square as the main axis of the city. This is now Dante Street.
Vincenzo Monte Street is an affiliated street of the Sforza Castle and adjacent to the castle. Its location is very important. It is entirely possible that Leonardo da Vinci presided over the construction of some buildings here.
As for why no relevant written materials have been preserved, perhaps it was for the sake of confidentiality, so no written materials were left. Perhaps the relevant literature and materials have been lost.
It doesn’t matter, these are no longer important. Since I’m here today, I believe that my trip will not be in vain. Maybe I will make a surprising discovery, which would be great! “
As soon as he finished speaking, Jason immediately continued excitedly:
“Following your instructions, we carefully inspected the Renaissance-style ancient buildings on this street, and found the dragon-shaped snake emblem of the Sforza family on many buildings.
It can be determined from this that these Renaissance-style buildings with dragon-shaped snake emblems carved on the outer walls once belonged to the Sforza family and were part of the Sforza Castle.
After the Sforza family’s rule in Milan was ended by King Louis XII of France in 1499, with the decline of the Sforza Castle, this street gradually fell silent.
After hundreds of years of development, the street slowly regained its vitality, with more and more buildings of various styles, and gradually developed into a bustling commercial street.
Nowadays, Vincenzo Monte Street has restaurants, cafes, antique shops, fashion stores, jewelry stores, etc. of various flavors. All kinds of shops are gathered together, and there are many more “
“It doesn’t matter. Our target is those Renaissance-style buildings, to be precise, those ancient buildings built between 1482 and 1499. We don’t need to look at other buildings at all.
During that period, it was the eighteen years that Leonardo da Vinci stayed in Milan, and it was also the peak period of his artistic career. If he really presided over the construction of a number of buildings here, he would definitely not be able to hide it from my eyes.
Once I determine which buildings are from Leonardo da Vinci and what secrets may be hidden, then I can take action, even if I buy all the Renaissance-style buildings here.
Next, you have to keep a low profile and act secretly. Later, I will ask David to seize the time to register a new company in New York, specifically for the purpose of acquiring buildings on this street, to hide it from others! “
Ye Tian smiled and whispered, slightly revealing his ambition.
Next, the two of them chatted for a few more words before ending the call.
Immediately afterwards, Ye Tian and Betty turned right into Vincenzo Monte Street and strolled on this street, admiring the ancient buildings and various scenery on both sides of the street.
Anderson and Cole followed closely and walked into this ancient street. Of course, they also included the Milan police and cultural heritage gendarmes who were on high alert!
Like many places they passed before, the appearance of their group immediately caused a commotion in this ancient and beautiful street.
Pedestrians and tourists walking on this street, merchants and clerks doing business here, and people sitting in cafes drinking coffee, almost everyone looked at them curiously.
“Let me go! Why did this guy Steven come to Vincenzo Monte Street? This is not a good thing! Especially for the antique shops on the street, this may be a disaster!”
“I’m going to leave this street after drinking coffee, so that I won’t have nowhere to run if I want to leave later. No matter where this **** Steven goes, there will be no peace anywhere!”
Ye Tian seemed oblivious to these comments and looks full of curiosity and even fear, and didn’t take them seriously at all. He still walked leisurely on the street, admiring the scenery here.
Not far along the street, Ye Tian suddenly stopped, looked at a building on the east side of the street, and then pretended to be excited and said:
“There is an old Renaissance-style building here. It looks like it was built during the High Renaissance, which coincides with the period when Leonardo da Vinci was in Milan. Let’s go and take a look.”
As he said that, he led Betty across the road and walked towards the three-story building ten meters ahead on the left.
Anderson and the others followed and walked across the street towards the historic building.
As for the Milan police and several cultural relics gendarmes who were following more than ten meters away, they looked at Ye Tian and the others in confusion, not knowing what was going on!
When he came to stand in front of this historical building, Ye Tian immediately saw the dragon-shaped snake emblem carved on the marble of the building’s exterior wall. It was very conspicuous and had a bit of ancient meaning.
The next moment, he pointed at the dragon-shaped snake badge and said:
“Look there, everyone, it is a dragon-shaped snake emblem, which is the emblem of the Sforza family, the rulers of Milan during the Renaissance. This family ruled Milan for a short time, only more than fifty years.
However, this family has left a mark in the history of Italy and even in the history of Western art. The main reason is the friendship between Ludovico, Duke of Milan, and Leonardo da Vinci.
It was precisely because of the strong support of the Sforza family that Leonardo da Vinci was able to establish himself in Milan, and then reached the peak of his artistic career, creating many immortal works, including “The Last Supper.”
Since the ancient building in front of you has the emblem of the Sforza family, it means that it was once an annex of the Sforza Castle. It belonged to the Sforza family at that time and had a good background! …”
While explaining the introduction, Ye Tian also turned on clairvoyance and began to secretly explore the interior of this ancient building and the situation deep underground.
This historic building is now an Italian restaurant. Because it is not lunch time yet, there are no customers in the restaurant, only some restaurant staff are busy.
In this restaurant, Ye Tian found two secret compartments on the wall, but they were empty with nothing.
As for the deep underground, there is only black soil and hard rock. There are no secret rooms or tunnels, and naturally there are no surprising discoveries!
After admiring this historical building for a while, everyone continued to move forward, heading towards another building not far ahead, which was also a Renaissance-style building.
Same as before, Ye Tian still found nothing in this ancient Renaissance-style building and deep underground!
The results of the following third and fourth buildings were the same. He did not see any valuable antiques and art, let alone discoveries such as secret rooms and secret passages!
Until he came to the fifth Renaissance-style building on the east side of the street, when Ye Tian’s sight penetrated deep underground, a deep and dark secret passage suddenly broke into his eyes.
Although Ye Tian didn’t find anything valuable within his sight, a flash of ecstasy flashed in his eyes, and it was fleeting!
A bronze candlestick inserted on the wall of the secret passage, although it is rusty and covered with dust, the light it emits accurately reveals the era it comes from!
The era that the bronze candlestick comes from is the late fifteenth century, the glorious era when Leonardo da Vinci unleashed his genius!