Published on
11/06/2026 - 15:40 GMT+2
The exhibition "Leonardo da Vinci: Genius of the Renaissance" has opened in Astana, bringing together more than 40 life-size mechanical models reconstructed from the Renaissance master's original drawings and notes.
The exhibits were brought to Kazakhstan from museums in Rome and Florence and recreated using surviving manuscripts known as the Vinci Codices.
"During his lifetime, Leonardo da Vinci wrote more than 20,000 pages of manuscripts, of which around 7,000 survive today," said Narima Mukhambetalina, director of the exhibition. "These preserved writings have allowed specialists to reconstruct mechanical devices based on his drawings."
