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San Gimignano
San Gimignano is probably the most famous small town in Italy, and there are few places that evoke the atmosphere of mediaeval Tuscany so powerfully. Fifteen of the original seventy-two towers survive. the towers represented wealth and influence. The higher the tower, the richer your family.
San Gimignano, with its stunning towers. rises on a hill dominating the Elsa Valley Once the seat of a small Etruscan village of the Hellenistic period (200-300 BC) it began its life as a town in the 10th century taking its name from the Holy Bishop of Modena, St. Gimignano, who is said to have saved the village from the barbarian hordes. The construction of the towers dates back to the 11th and 13th centuries, when San Gimignano was part of an important trade route and grew in prosperity. The architecture of the city was influenced by Pisa, Siena and Florence. There are 14th century paintings of the Sienese School to be seen and 15th century paintings of the Florentine School.
When you arrive in San Gimignano and walk through the ancient gates, you'll think the time had stopped many centuries ago. Inside the town-walls everything had preserved its Medieval shape. It is history personified.
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