Vinci as a candidate for Italian Capital of Culture 2024. Moving beyond the celebratory approach dedicated to Leonardo

Vinci is a candidate for Italian Capital of Culture 2024: already sent the dossier to the Ministry of Culture, now the challenge can begin for Leonardo’s hometown. It has submitted a plan that includes projects, strategies and ideas to win the recognition, to which twenty-three other Italian cities aspire. A list of “finalists” for the title will be announced by the end of the year.

Birthplace of the Genius and for this reason among the best-known municipalities in the Metropolitan City of Florence, Vinci is betting on the candidacy as a tool to start virtuous mechanisms and relaunch itself after the tourism crisis caused Covid. The Museo Leonardiano, located inside the Conti Guidi castle, along with the birthplace of Anchiano, a few kilometers from the town and where Leonardo was born on April 15, 1452, are the “musts” of the cultural offer. Vinci is also an industrial hub with a strong manufacturing vocation, and the hilly landscape offers authentic views and a deep-rooted agri-food economy.

For Mayor Giuseppe Torchia, "the candidacy is a bet on the future of the city and a great opportunity. We want to transform Vinci by giving culture the role of a stable driver for the development of the territory, going beyond the celebratory approach of cultural policies all dedicated to the great genius of Leonardo. The race to become Italian Capital of Culture 2024 is like a gigantic investment in an intangible infrastructure, it is the ambition to move toward a model that overcomes stereotypes and involves the territory and businesses, building opportunities for growth."

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Vinci as a candidate for Italian Capital of Culture 2024. Moving beyond the celebratory approach dedicated to Leonardo

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