Great success to "CHRISTMAS WITH LEONARDO”, the Christmas Cocktail, which was held at Exhibition "Leonardo da Vinci. The Genius and Inventions - The Great interactive machines " al Palace of the Chancellery, in the heart of Rome and a few steps from Piazza Navona and Campo De 'Fiori.
In a magical Christmas spirit, surrounded by well 65 machines on display, the exhibition, directed by Augusto Biagi, brought together personalities from the world of culture, music and entertainment to celebrate Christmas together, on the occasion of 500 years after Leonardo's death. Between these: the TV announcer Alessandra Canale; the conductive tv Janet De Nardis, Harvesting Di Meo; The actors Francesca Valtorta, Giorgio Lupano, Alessia Fabiani, Miriana Trevisan, Giulia Di Quilio, Ludovico Fremont, Alan Cappelli Goetz, Jessica Piccolo Valerani, Katia Greek, Ivan Castiglione, Stefania Bonafede, Chiara Conti, Mario Hermit, Vincenzo Bocciarelli, Francesca De Martini, Valeria Zazzaretta, Fabiola Di Gianfilippo, Marco Iermanó, Marta Richeldi, Andrea Vico, Luca Martella, Vincenzo Vivenzio, Anna Tangredi, Bassirou Ballde; the singer and composer Geneva Nervi; the RDS conductor Claudio Guerrini; the musician Fabio 2U; director Eitan Pitigliani; the stylist Pamela Fornari; e blogger influence Camilla Sentuti e Katie Knight.
All the guests had the opportunity to visit the two new big attractions that have been added this year: the Augmented reality e i Video Mapping in 3D inventions and fascinating world of the anatomy.
Not only. Inside the Show, Furthermore, It is stored in the underground part of the aquifer that flowed in this area and that was fed from the channel euripus. In the water it is kept a Sepulcher of 43 a.C., It belonged to Aulo Irzio. A hidden treasure of underground Rome visible thanks to the opening of this exhibition.
Among the machines on:
– the Parachute, thanks to which man "can not give him throw of various lengths";
– i Floats, made of skins of air swollen skin, defined by Leonardo as the new "way of walking over water";
– the Archimedes screw, artifact thinking, still used in agriculture for lifting water and useful for both water supply and draining of swamps, and for the commitment in fountains and water features;
– the revolutionary Tank, a war machine to touch and be discovered;
– the House of Mirrors, the room, probably never realized, example of the multiple searches by the artist in the field of optics and multiple reflection;
– the Ideal City, Leonardo's project of a comfortable and spacious city, characterized by rational and functional architectures, tidy streets "high and fortified walls", with the city space structured on several levels.
The evening was made possible thanks to the support of: Castello Ducale for wine, Rewarded Biscottificio P. Cipriani for cookies and The Garden Tea for herbal tea “Of course”, who were sponsors of the event.