Vinci, Tuscany

Vinci
Comune
Comune di Vinci
Town wall

Coat of arms
Vinci
Location of Vinci in Italy
Coordinates: 43°47′N 10°55′E / 43.783°N 10.917°E / 43.783; 10.917
Country Italy
Region Tuscany
Metropolitan city Florence (FI)
Frazioni Anchiano, Apparita, Badia a Passignano, Burrino, Collegonzi, Faltognano, La Stella, Mercatale, Orbignano, Petroio, Piccaratico, Salvino, San Donato, San Pantaleo, Santa Lucia, Sant'Amato, Sant'Ansano, Sovigliana, Spicchio, Toiano, Vitolini
Government
 • Mayor Giuseppe Torchia
Area
 • Total 54 km2 (21 sq mi)
Elevation 97 m (318 ft)
Population (30 November 2016)
 • Total 14,579
 • Density 270/km2 (700/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Vinciani
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code 50059
Dialing code 0571
ISTAT code 048050
Patron saint St. Andrew
Website Official website

Vinci (Italian pronunciation: [ˈvintʃi]) is a town – officially a "city" (città)[1] – and comune of Metropolitan City of Florence in the Italian region of Tuscany. The birthplace of Renaissance polymath Leonardo da Vinci lies just outside the town.

Main sights

  • Museo Leonardiano, museum of Leonardo da Vinci. This museum has displays of some of the inventions that are drawn in Leonardo's notebooks.
  • Casa Natale di Leonardo, the birthplace of Leonardo da Vinci. It is in Vinci not in Anchiano. There are some reproductions of his drawings at the house.
  • Church of Santa Croce, built in the 13th century but later remade in neo-Renaissance style.

Twin towns

Vinci has two official sister cities as designated by Sister Cities International:

References

  1. ↑ "Statuto del comune di Vinci" (PDF) (in Italian). p. 9. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
  2. ↑ "Gemellaggi" (in Italian). Retrieved 11 June 2013.


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