The Louvre Museum is the largest museum in the world, housed in what used to be the Louvre Palace, main residence of the king of France. It is a collection of over 38,000 pieces of art from all over the world. The art collection began in 1793 ass a public museum, with 500 pieces of art from the king's collection. Today, it boasts over 10 million visitors in a year, making it the most popular museum in the world as well.

Here, Da Vinci did is first works representing space as 3 dimensional and was possibly hired by the city itself to create maps for a canal. As Da Vinci's first home, Florence had a lasting impact on him and the work he did in cartography.

The city of Florence was the home of Leonardo daVinci for a large portion of his life. It is where he began painting the Mona Lisa in 1503, although he later took it with him to the court of Francis I of France. 

Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. “Mona Lisa.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 4 Apr. 2019, www.britannica.com/topic/Mona-Lisa-painting.

It was here that Da Vinci started creating maps for Borgia in autumn 1502. This allowed him to use precise measurements to create a geometrically accurate map and plan defense for the city.