what city was leonardo da vinci from?
Vinci
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 Today , Leonardo is widely considered one of the most diversely talented individuals ever to have lived . 

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 Leonardo was born on 15 April 1452 ( Old Style ) " at the third hour of the night " in the Tuscan hill town of Vinci , in the lower valley of the Arno river in the territory of the Medici @-@ ruled Republic of Florence . He was the out @-@ of @-@ wedlock son of the wealthy Messer Piero Fruosino di Antonio da Vinci , a Florentine legal notary , and Caterina , a peasant . Leonardo had no surname in the modern sense – " da Vinci " simply meaning " of Vinci " ; his full birth name was " Lionardo di ser Piero da Vinci " , meaning " Leonardo , ( son ) of ( Mes ) ser Piero from Vinci " . The inclusion of the title " ser " indicated that Leonardo 's father was a gentleman . 

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 Leonardo 's political contemporaries were Lorenzo Medici ( il Magnifico ) , who was three years older , and his younger brother Giuliano , who was slain in the Pazzi conspiracy in 1478 . Leonardo was sent as an ambassador by the Medici court to Ludovico il Moro , who ruled Milan between 1479 and 1499 . 

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 Leonardo did not stay in Milan for long because his father had died in 1504 , and in 1507 he was back in Florence trying to sort out problems with his brothers over his father 's estate . By 1508 Leonardo was back in Milan , living in his own house in Porta Orientale in the parish of Santa Babila . 
