Leonardo Da Vinci was one of the most famous contributors to the Renaissance. He was not only an artist but a philosopher, engineer, mathematician, and naturalist who was extremely talented and specialized in his work. On our third stop, we will be visiting his secret workshop, where he worked on painting like the Mona Lisa and many more. The workshop was discovered in a small convent, Da Vinci was quite a celebrity in his time, so he was given the best room in the convent, with large windows providing sunlight and a large bedroom. In the workshop, researchers Roberto Manescalchi, and Maria Carchi talk about how the location was well suited for Leonardo, it was nearby "Santa Maria Nuova hospital" where Da Vinci would use bodies of those deceased to be able to dissect them to investigate further into the anatomy of a human. Since Da Vinci was a religious man, he put many of his skills into religious works like "The Last Supper" which was a a mural of Jesus and his twelve disciples, and according to the bible, Jesus had announced to his disciples who were consuming bread and wine that it was his body and blood, and stated that one of the disciples would betray him. Da Vinci wanted to potray this in a painting, so he did exactly and used his imagination and creativity to be able to dramatize and illustrate his own depiction of the bible story.

In the workshop, Da Vinci also worked on The "Codex of the Flight of Birds" which helped us gain more knowledge on ways to create planes. Da Vinci created this small pamphlet with his sketches and texts specifically on the flight, like the way birds fly and sketches on "flight machines" which Da Vinci was especially interested on. The codex is now located in the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington DC. The workshop was filled with sketches of birds, but researchers say that it may have been one of Da Vinci's pupils, who sketched them, but Da Vinci shared much of his knowledge to his pupils.