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  • Da Vinci artworks stored in a cave during WW II

    01/10/2009 5:50:38 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 16 replies · 1,308+ views
    Western Mail ^ | Jan 9 2009 | Sally Williams
    DRAWINGS by Leonardo da Vinci on show at a Welsh coastal town were previously stored there in a wartime “secret cave of masterpieces”, researchers have discovered. A travelling exhibition of 10 of the Italian genius’s works is currently on display at the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth. But workers delving into the institution’s archives last night revealed how the images once arrived in the town on the eve of World War II, along with other priceless masterpieces. Medi Jones-Jackson, communications officer for the library, said: “It’s been discovered that the works were originally here 70 years ago – evacuated from...