Vigevano, Italy - Piazza Ducale, The Bramante Tower - One of the workplaces of Leonardo Da Vinci

AIRVŪZ STAFF NOTE : Check out this amazing drone video of a historic artistic center in northern Italy. The town is called Vigevano, and it's part of the Pavia province, one of the dozen provinces which make up the official Lombardy region. The town dates to the 10th century AD, and was connected to the hunting activities of the royalty of the Kingdom of Lombardy. The centerpiece of the town, which is well featured in the video, is the Piazza Ducale, a Renaissance era square over which sits the Bramante Tower.

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Vigevano is crowned by the Castello Sforzesco, a stronghold rebuilt 1492–94 for Ludovico Maria Sforza (Ludovico il Moro), the great patron born in the town, who transformed the fortification/hunting lodge of Luchino Visconti (who in turn had re-used a Lombard fortress) into a rich noble residence, at the cusp of Gothic and Renaissance. Leonardo da Vinci was his guest at Vigevano, as was Bramante, who is ascribed with the tall tower that watches over the piazza from the Castello Sforzesco. The old castle has a unique raised covered road, high enough for horsemen to ride through, that communicates between the new palace and the old fortifications; there is a Falconry, an elegant loggiato supported by 48 columns, and, in the rear area of the mastio, the Ladies' Loggia made for Duchess Beatrice d'Este.