Leonardo da Vinci Drawings

Facts about Italy presents: Leonardo da Vinci Drawings

Leonardo da Vinci was famous Italian painter, sculptor, draftsman, engineer and architect who made some of the biggest art masterpieces in the history of a mankind. Probably the most famous works of Leonardo da Vinci are the paintings Mona Lisa (1503–1506) and Last Supper (1495–1498) .

Leonardo da Vinci - Last Supper


Leonardo da Vinci - Mona Lisa


Leonardo da Vinci - Vitruvian Man

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Gomorra - A Must See Movie

Gomorra - A Must See Movie

Italian Mafia movie - Gomorra - was the biggest winner of the the 21st European Film Awards Festival held in Copenhagen, Denmark. Gomorra won 5 awards including the best European movie and best European director.
The story of Gommora is based on a non-fiction book by 29 years old Italian Roberto Saviano, who has lived under the police protection for more than 2 years because of the death threats he received from Italian gangsters, the hard-hitting movie shows us how Italian criminal organization Commora (based in Naples) actually works.

Gomorra made the debut at Cannes Film Festival, France, where the movie won the Grand Prix award and also received the Italian nomination for the 2009 foreign-language movie Oscar.Defiantely a must see! The 2009 European Film Awards will be held in Essen, Germany.

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