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Przedmowa do ksi±żki o Leonardzie da Vinci. Zob. też http://www.vebjorn-sand.com/thebridge.htm (jest tam zdjęcie mostu).

Leonardo's spirit must also have rejoiced in October of 2001 when Queen Sonja of Norway dedicated a bridge linking her country and Sweden. Constructed according to an original design sketched in 1502 by Leonardo da Vinci, the bridge was originally intended for the Turkish Sultan Bejazet II. But, the Sultan declined to proceed with the project because its revolutionary pressed-bow engineering and 720 foot span seemed "too fantastic." In 1996, Norwegian artist Vebj?rn Sand saw Leonardo?s sketch and, moved by its graceful beauty and powerful symbolism, dreamed of recreating it. After six years of fundraising and testing, in cooperation with the Norwegian Transportation Ministry, Sand's Leonardo Bridge was unveiled just outside Oslo. Spanning the highway connecting Norway to neighboring Sweden, it is the first civil engineering project in history based on an actual da Vinci design. Now Sand imagines a Leonardo Bridge on every continent - a global tribute to the remarkable life and genius of Leonardo da Vinci, a testimonial to his ability to inspire all of us to express our own creative potential.