 The family lived in Florence , originally near Santa Trinita and later in rented space near Santo Spirito , most likely because they were not able to afford repairs to their former house when it was damaged . Lisa 's family moved to what today is called Via dei Pepi and then near Santa Croce , where they lived near Ser Piero da Vinci , Leonardo 's father . They also owned a small country home in St. Donato in the village of Poggio about 32 kilometres ( 20 mi ) south of the city . Noldo , Gherardini 's father and Lisa 's grandfather , had bequeathed a farm in Chianti to the Santa Maria Nuova hospital . Gherardini secured a lease for another of the hospital 's farms and , so that he could oversee the wheat harvest , the family spent summers there at the house named Ca ' di Pesa . 
