The Sforza Castle in Milan, Italy, was built in the 15th century by Duke Ludovico Sforza. The nobleman commissioned Leonardo da Vinci for art pieces as well as defensive structures and weaponry ...

Italy’s famed Sforza Castle is a focal point for historians, architects, and art lovers—as well as a source of many legends. One of the most prominent rumors surrounding the over 575-year-old ...

After Ludovico il Moro took over as Duke of Milan in 1494, he had many artists come to Sforza Castle to decorate its rooms with frescoes, including Leonardo da Vinci. In later years, da Vinci's ...

Beneath Sforza Castle in Milan, researchers have discovered a series of secret tunnels—passageways once sketched by the Renaissance artist and scientist Leonardo da Vinci and traversed by a ...

Today, Sforza Castle is home to a clutch of museums including the Pinacoteca del Castello Sforzesco, Museum of the Rondanini Pietà, and Museum of Ancient Art (where the Sala Delle Asse resides ...

The castle took on new life in the 1400s when the duke of Milan, Francesco Sforza, reconstructed an ancient site. He turned it into the Sforza Castle, complete with towers , courtyards, and ...

The present form of Sforza Castle was commissioned in 1450 by the Duke of Milan, Francesco Sforza, on the site of a previous fortification built between 1358 and 1370 but destroyed during the ...

Construction on Sforza Castle, which stands in the heart of modern-day Milan, began in the mid-1300s. Over the centuries, it was expanded, modified and partly demolished, and today, only about one ...

The Sforza Castle in Milan, Italy, was built in the 15th century by Duke Ludovico Sforza. The nobleman commissioned Leonardo da Vinci for art pieces as well as defensive structures and weaponry ...