Helix model, Chateau du Clos Luce, Amboise
Replica of a helix prototype, the ancestor of a helicopter rotator blade, by Leonardo da Vinci, 1452-1519, in the gardens of the Chateau du Clos Luce, a manor house built 1468-71, designed in Renaissance style by Albert Dufet, in Amboise, Indre-et-Loire, France. Originally a stronghold of the Chateau d'Amboise, it later became a royal summer residence and Francois I offered its use to Leonardo da Vinci, who lived here 1517-19. The chateau houses a museum and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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