Rome's Fiumicino airport, known officially as Leonardo da Vinci, celebrates the gradual restart of tourism in Italy with a new mural by acclaimed street artist TvBoy.Titled A Second Renaissance - Flying Away From Covid, the mural on the external wall of Terminal 1 features pop portraits of da Vinci and his enigmatic Mona Lisa, portrayed as modern-day travelling companions.

The airport says the artwork heralds a "hoped-for return to normality," with the two protagonists representing "the desire for freedom, to travel and to put behind the difficulty of the period marked by covid." In the mural a tattoed da Vinci wears an 'I Love Roma' t-shirt and carries a face mask, with both character in shades.