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The Ideal City

The model highlights the use of navigable canals within the ideal city. The canal network was envisaged as a means of communication between the city and the nearby river. The model reproduces Leonardo's idea of the layout for a stable for horses – an important factor in order to provide a suitable environment for these animals which were employed for both military and civilian purposes and whose role was vital to the very life of the city.

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