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San Gimignano
San-Gimignano Wikipedia by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen

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San Gimignano is a small walled medieval hill town in the province of Siena, Tuscany, north-central Italy. It is mainly famous for its medieval architecture, especially its towers, which may be seen from several kilometres outside the town (...) (from Wikipedia).
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Hilltop town famous for its defensive towers

San Gimignano: "the town of beautiful towers" is in Tuscany, 56 km south of Florence. It served as an important relay point for pilgrims travelling to or from Rome on the Via Francigena.
The patrician families who controlled the town built around 72
tower-houses (some as high as 50 m) as symbols of their wealth and
power. Although only 14 have survived, San Gimignano has retained its
feudal atmosphere and appearance. The town also has several masterpieces
of 14th- and 15th-century Italian art. San Gimignano has been inserted
from the Unesco in the list of the world-heritage patrimony of the
Humanity.

THINGS TO SEE

Duomo
it was consecrated in 1148 and is adorned with valuable Sienese school
frescoes (Bartolo di Fredi, Barna da Siena, Taddeo di Bartolo), works of
art by the Florentine school (Ghirlandaio, Benozzo Gozzoli), wooden
statues (Jacopo della Quercia) and sculptures (Giuliano and Benedetto da
Maiano).

The Old Palazzo del Podesta, Palazzo
della Propositura, La Piazza della Cisterna, Santa Fina’s House, La
Rocca di Montestaffoli, Piazza Sant’Agostino, The Archaeological Museum,
The Vernaccia Wine Museum, A Walk around the Walls, The Mediaeval
Fountains