Leonardo da Vinci spent time in Italy.
Bologna ( [ bəˈləʊnjə ] ; [ boˈloɲːa ] ; Bulåggna , [ buˈlʌɲːa ] ; Bŏnṓnĭa ) is the largest city ( and the capital ) of the Emilia-Romagna Region in Northern Italy . Leonardo da Vinci . He later worked in Rome , Bologna and Venice , and he spent his last years in France at the home awarded to him by Francis I of France .