Building Da Vinci’s forgottten bridge
Feb 22, 2021
2 minutes
/ BY DAVID GROSSMAN /
WHEN SULTAN Bayezid II of the Ottoman Empire requested proposals for a bridge connecting capital city Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey) with the neighbouring city, Galata (Karaköy, Turkey) at the turn of the 16th century, famed inventor Leonardo da Vinci was eager to win the contract.
He didn’t get the job, but more than
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