San Gimignano Gallery

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ITALY Tuscany General Landscape with vineyards and dramatic cloudscape above towards San Lucia near San Gimignano.Caribbean European Italia Italian Scenic Southern Europe Toscana Tuscan West Indies Farming Agraian Agricultural Growing Husbandry Land Producing Raising

© Nick Bonetti eye ubiquitous / hutchison

Agriculture, Dominant Green, Europe, Landscape

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ITALY, Tuscany, San Gimignano, Medieval costumed procession pageant through the streets passing in front of one of the towers in Piazza della Cisterna in the hill town

© Paul Seheult / Eye Ubiquitous

Architecture, Buildings, City, Costume, Della Cisterna, Destination, Hill Town, Hilltown, Holiday, Horse, Horseman, Horserider, Italia, Italian, Italy, Medieval, Pageant, People, Piazza, Procession, Rider, San Gimignano, Square, Toscana, Tourism, Tower, Towers, Travel, Tuscan, Tuscany, Urban, Vacation

Rolling hills landscape, San Gimignano, Tuscany, Italy

San Gimignano is a small walled medieval hill town in the province of Siena, Tuscany, north-central Italy. Known as the Town of Fine Towers, San Gimignano is famous for its medieval architecture, unique in the preservation of about a dozen of its tower houses, which, with its hilltop setting and encircling walls form an unforgettable skyline. Within the walls, the well-preserved buildings include notable examples of both Romanesque and Gothic architecture, with outstanding examples of secular buildings as well as churches. The Palazzo Comunale, the Collegiate Church and Church of Sant Agostino contain frescos, including cycles dating from the 14th and 15th centuries. The Historic Centre of San Gimignano, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site

© Tom Norring/Danita Delimont