San Gimignano
San Gimignano is a small walled medieval hill-top town in Tuscany (Italy). It is mainly famous for its medieval architecture, especially its towers. It began its life as a town in the 10th century.
This photo was taken on March 10, 2006.
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Rafael Coelho Salles (88 months ago | reply)
liinda foto!
Cameron Booth (88 months ago | reply)
A very evocative photo of a fantastic location that I would love to visit one day.
Apparently in the Middle Ages, there were over seventy of these towers, built as a demonstration of power and one-upmanship by the rich patrician families of the town. Sort of , "Ha ha, my tower's bigger than yours!"
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Paco_MUC (88 months ago | reply)
You are right. In the Middle Ages there were 72 of these towers. Today only 13 are left. The biggest of them has 54 metres.
mike nl [deleted] (88 months ago | reply)
And the fascinating thing about San Gimignano is that it is situated high up on a hill, and when you approach it from a distance it appears as if it has a "Manhattan skyline"!
Beautiful town (too many tourists especially in the summer) but well worth a visit!
Nice photo, Paco!
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Cameron Booth (88 months ago | reply)
One can only imagine what the town of Bologna looked like in medieval times - it had a similar tower building fetish: it had over 200 of them, of which only two major ones remain, the Torri Pendenti (leaning towers).
[bridget] (88 months ago | reply)
this brings back memories of travelling there when I was 13. Thank you for posting this! I can't remember exactly which tower we climbed but I remember the town vividly!
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destinatio (very busy) (88 months ago | reply)
Great tower and interesting town history!
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bluemodern [deleted] (88 months ago | reply)
Nice shot, pretty. (under 100 views)
Scott Foy (88 months ago | reply)
Lovely architecture, a great piece of history! Great shot :-)
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Britta's world of photos (87 months ago | reply)
Beautiful. One day I'll go to Tuscany and see all its beauties including San Gimignano.
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♥ Annieta Off / On (87 months ago | reply)
Very nice photo of a very nice and interesting place. I was there also oce.
I love the shadows in your pict.
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Lillnea (85 months ago | reply)
Beautiful!
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- maverick - (82 months ago | reply)
nice architecture shot!
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hipguedellas (82 months ago | reply)
Great colours!
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jaimesenra added this photo to his favorites. (77 months ago)
vanvos (77 months ago | reply)
wonderful Italy for a great set
thanks !!!
juanmiguel [deleted] (76 months ago | reply)
Una foto preciosa.
Saludos.: )
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lido_6006 (76 months ago | reply)
Great shot. Thanks for posting this quality photo to the 500 views + 2 faves landscape/landmarks pool
Rhys Jones Photography added this photo to his favorites. (76 months ago)
Rhys Jones Photography (76 months ago | reply)
Great image!
Fr Antunes added this photo to his favorites. (74 months ago)
UTODYSTOPIA [deleted] (58 months ago | reply)
superb picture
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