Leonardo da Vinci spent time in Italy.
Florence ( [ ˈflɒrəns ] ; Firenze [ fiˈrɛntse ] ) is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the Metropolitan City of Florence . Leonardo da Vinci . Born out of wedlock to a notary , Piero da Vinci , and a peasant woman , Caterina , in Vinci in the region of Florence , Leonardo was educated in the studio of the renowned Florentine painter Andrea del Verrocchio .