After spending more than two years trying to figure out what it is that makes Tuscany so uncommonly beloved around the world, the sensation to be missing something obvious is quite strong. With all the art, amazing food, wonderful vistas and great wine, this region is still greater than its parts. Maybe a way to get some insight is to look at some of the people that made Tuscany so famous and see what made them tick. Some of these people have been so great to forever change the landscape. Look at a small town in the hills between Florence and Pistoia. Doesn't look much from a distance but once you hear its name, you cannot but think of the illegitimate son of a small landowner that, despite everything, became an absolute superstar, famous all over Europe. This is why this week What's Up Tuscany will bring you to Vinci, the town that Leonardo put firmly on the map. If you listen to the full episode you'll know about the celebrations that in this weekend his hometown will dedicate to him on his birthday, the great museum that hosts life-size models of the amazing machines he dreamt in his drawings and so much more. We'll tell you about how his unassuming birth home was transformed a few years ago into a state-of-the-art multimedia experience and the many interesting things that his hometown has to offer, from a great wine to some hearthy recipes to die for. If you're in Tuscany this weekend, this would be the perfect time to head to Vinci and check how the beauty that surrounds this place was instrumental into creating one of the world's greatest geniuses. Email: [email protected] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/larno.it Twitter: @arno_it / @WhatsupTuscany LINKS TO SOURCES (ITALIAN ONLY) https://www.lanazione.it/firenze/cronaca/vinci-da-il-via-alle-celebrazioni-per-lanniversario-della-nascita-di-leonardo-a6e20611 https://www.visittuscany.com/it/itinerari/un-giorno-a-vinci/ https://tuscanyplanet.com/vinci-cosa-vedere/ https://www.ilturista.info/ugc/info/da_visitare/1353-Museo_Leonardiano_di_Vinci_le_macchine_e_le_altre_invenzioni_di_Leonardo/ https://www.discovertuscany.com/it/cosa-vedere-in-toscana/casa-di-leonardo-da-vinci.html BACKGROUND MUSIC Pipe Choir - Bom Bom Breakthrough (Instrumental) Prezzur - Midnight Moonlight Pipe Choir - Gemini (Instrumental) Pipe Choir - A midnight on Jaquay (Instrumental) Pipe Choir - Almost Time (Instrumental) Wayne John Bradley - Blues Rock Original Instrumental All released under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License https://soundcloud.com/pipe-choir-2/pipe-choir-bom-bom-breakthrough-creative-commons-instrumental https://soundcloud.com/argofox/prezzur-midnight-moonlight https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Pipe_Choir/SGONS_Instrumentals/Pipe_Gemini_Instrumental https://soundcloud.com/pipe-choir-2/pipechoir-a-midnight-on-jaquay-instrumental https://soundcloud.com/pipe-choir-2/pipe-choir-almost-time-instrumental-creative-commons https://soundcloud.com/ayneohnradley/blues-rock-original-instrumentalcreative-commons http://www.pipechoir.com/