The Trees that built Venice

<div>In 1964, the directors at the National Library of Spain in Madrid made a startling discovery. Owing to an error in the printed catalogue, two hitherto unknown notebooks belonging to a famous inventor were discovered. In Milan, a physicist discovers an interesting hypothesis about trees in the notebooks of the same inventor, and goes out to prove it in his 2018 paper. This week, we travel to Venice and discover the story of Leonardo Da Vinci’s lesser known exploits in Botany, and the unlikely story of the humble tree that built Venice. Tune in, and discover what do these notebooks and trees teach us about the way we travel. </div><div>Till then Check out the other episodes of "Ireland Untravelled"</div><div>Lost Treasures, Dynamite and the Irish Nation : </div><a href="https://ivm.today/3okwxm5Gaelic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span data-auto-link="true" data-href="https://ivm.today/3okwxm5Gaelic"><div>https://ivm.today/3okwxm5</div><div>Gaelic</div></span></a><div> and the stunning decline of the Irish Language : </div><a href="https://ivm.today/3zmhE9iTrinity" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span data-auto-link="true" data-href="https://ivm.today/3zmhE9iTrinity"><div>https://ivm.today/3zmhE9i</div><div>Trinity</div></span></a><div> Long Room and the Soul of the Irish Nation : https://ivm.today/3PnZkSE</div><div>U2, Body Snatching and the Irish Way of Death : https://ivm.today/3IQ6fl3</div><div>Bombay, Paris and the improbable victory for LGBTQ+ rights in Ireland : </div><a href="https://ivm.today/3AJLa9BIrish" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span data-auto-link="true" data-href="https://ivm.today/3AJLa9BIrish"><div>https://ivm.today/3AJLa9B</div><div>Irish</div></span></a><div> roads that go nowhere, Houses no one lives in : https://ivm.today/3PGG95X</div><div>Titanic, Mosul and the Global shame of Western Museums : </div><a href="https://ivm.today/3R9uBceThree" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span data-auto-link="true" data-href="https://ivm.today/3R9uBceThr