Vinci, Italy: year 1452

Leonardo was born April 15, 1452 in Vinci, Italy.

His father, Ser Piero Da Vinci, was a notary; his mother, Caterina, was a peasant woman. She was not married to Piero, so Leonardo was born illegitimate. That times, to be an illegitimate child meant a lot of troubles; especially respect to the brothers of Leonardo (his father got married a lot of times).

The first house of Leonardo was in Anchiano, a little hamlet nearby Vinci.

This scenario near Florence, was the perfect birthplace for Leonardo. He spent his childhood living free in the nature, observing plants and trees, hills and rivers, water and wind, and studying animals too. He was in the heart of Tuscany, near the Arno river. We must believe that this kind of living shaped the Leonardo's mind to be creative and smart.

Leonardo spent a lot of time with his uncle Francesco, a simple man, a free-spirit that didn't like to study and to deal with money affairs like his brother Piero and his father.

Drawing n.3 - The house of Leonardo in Anchiano