Childhood in the Arno Valley

Leonardo da Vinci grew up in a small Tuscan town in the lower valley of the Arno River where he was able to explore the many fossil-containing caves at the foothills of the Alps. This laid the groundwork for his later studies and radical conclusions on the natural process of rock and fossil formation.

Parent Map

da Vinci and the Renaissance Map

Coordinates

Latitude: 43.784176500000
Longitude: 10.924426900000

Timeline of Events Associated with Childhood in the Arno Valley

Date Event Manage

Childhood Exploration

Leonardo da Vinci grew up in a small Tuscan town in the lower valley of the Arno River, allowing him to explore the many fossil-containing caves at the foothills of the Alps. From a young age, da Vinci questioned the popular Biblical flood theory, instead using logical reasoning accompanied by his own observations to come to the correct conclusion on geological formations hundreds of years before these concepts were popularized.