Anchiano
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| image_skyline = Vinci casa Leonardo.jpg
| image_caption = Leonardo da Vinci's possible birthplace
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| region = {{flag|Tuscany}}
| province = Florence (FI)
| comune = Vinci
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| elevation_m = 210
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Anchiano is a hamlet (frazione) in the comune of Vinci, Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany, central Italy.
The village is known for the ancient Villa del Ferrale, with its chapel, Santi Antonio e Francesco.{{cite web |url=http://www.cultura.toscana.it/architetture/giardini/firenze/villa_ferrale.shtml |title=Villa del Ferrale |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525075625/http://www.cultura.toscana.it/architetture/giardini/firenze/villa_ferrale.shtml |archive-date=May 25, 2011 |work=Tuscany official website |access-date=24 December 2018 |language=it}}
Notable residents
- Leonardo da Vinci was born in a farmhouse near Anchiano on 15 April 1452.{{cite web |url=http://www.museoleonardiano.it/ita/i-luoghi-di-leonardo/casa-natale-anchiano |title=La Casa Natale di Leonardo |work=Museo Leonardiano |language=it |access-date=24 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730021404/http://www.museoleonardiano.it/ita/i-luoghi-di-leonardo/casa-natale-anchiano |archive-date=30 July 2018 |url-status=dead }} His full name was "Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci", which means "Leonardo, son of Piero, from Vinci".{{cite web |url=https://www.thoughtco.com/what-was-leonardos-name-182985 |title=What Was Leonardo's Name? |first=Shelley |last=Esaak |date=9 July 2018 |access-date=24 December 2018 |work=ThoughtCo.}} The house where Leonardo da Vinci was born is situated between Anchiano and Faltognano, about 3 km from Vinci.
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External links
- [http://www.comune.vinci.fi.it/index.php/casa-natale-di-leonardo.html Leonardo da Vinci's birthplace] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923210026/http://www.comune.vinci.fi.it/index.php/casa-natale-di-leonardo.html |date=2015-09-23 }}
- [http://www.villaferrale.it/italiano/home_ita.html Villa del Ferrale], official website
Category:Frazioni of the Metropolitan City of Florence
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