Also known as Ludovico il Moro, Sforza was the duke of Milan from 1494 to 1498. Historical sources indicate the grief-stricken duke would have built the tunnel for easy access to reach his late ...

He turned it into the Sforza Castle, complete with towers, courtyards, and frescoed-lined halls. In 1494, Francesco’s successor, Ludovico Sforza, built on the castle’s tradition and hired ...

Sforza's friend, Ludovico—nicknamed il Moro, or "the Moor," for his dark looks—took over the Duchy of Milan and kept sprucing up the castle. Experts are convinced that the mysterious tunnels ...

Leonardo da Vinci spent time at the castle during the late 1400s as a member of the court of Duke Ludovico Sforza.(Representational) The Politecnico di Milano or The Polytechnic University of ...

Leonardo da Vinci knew the right strings to pull. Keen to work for the Milanese nobleman Ludovico Sforza, he offered his services not only as engineer and architect, but also as a sculptor: ‘I would ...