500 years ago died Leonardo da Vinci, universal mind, polymath, Renaissance man

Sentinel-2 MSI L2A acquired on 26 September 2018 at 11:00:29 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI L2A acquired on 25 March 2019 at 10:10:21 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 26 March 2019 at 17:14:24 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Land, urban, UNESCO World heritage, Italy, France
Fig. 1 - S2 L2A (25.03.2019) - 4,3,2 natural colour - The small city of Vinci gave its name to Leonardo.
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Fig. 2 - He worked most of his life for Lorenzo de' Medici in Florence, craddle of the Italian renaissance, now a UNESCO World heritage site.
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Fig. 3 - S1 (13.04.2019) - vv,vh,ndi(vh,vv) - Important years of his life happened in Milan under the patronage of the Sforzas & Louis XII.
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Fig. 4 - 26.09.2018 - He spent his late years in Clos Lucé, Ambroise, Loire Valley (also a UNESCO World Heritage site), protected by Francis I.
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