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

Country

Italy

Region

Tuscany

Province / 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 (31 December 2014)

• Total

14,639

• Density

270/km² (700/sq mi)

Demonym(s)

Vinciani

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

• Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

Postal code

50059

Dialing code

0571

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 da Vinci's notebooks.
Casa Natale di Leonardo, the birthplace of Leonardo da Vinci. It is a farmhouse. 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.

Sister city

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

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vinci.

Allentown, USA
Amboise, France^[2]

References

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

Comuni of the Metropolitan City of Florence

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