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Last Minute in San Gimignano

San Gimignano, near Siena, rises on a hill from which it dominates Elsa Valley.
The patrician families who controlled the town built around 72 tower-houses as symbols of their wealth and power. Although only 14 have survived. San Gimignano has retained its feudal atmosphere and appearance.

It is a small Etruscan village: thanks to via Francigena, in the past was an important crossroads.
During the Middle Age San Gimignano increased developed thanks to the "Via Francigena", the trading and pilgrim's route that crossed it, that in the past was an important crossroad.
Such prosperity lead to the flourishing of works of art to adorn the churches and monasteries.

The historic centre of San Gimignano has been declared World Heritage site.

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San Gimignano’s interesting itineraries

The beauty of San Gimignano attracts every year many italian and foreign tourists.

Even thought San Gimignano is a small village, it kept many important masterpieces of the Italian art.

The Duomo, or Cathedral, rises in Duomo Square, is an example of the Romanical Tuscan Architecture.
Inside the Cathedral, several frescoes such as “The Old and the New Testament" of Bartolo di Fredi, "St. Sebastiano" frescoed by Benozzo Gozzoli and many others.
Frescoes, statues and sculptures make the Collegiate Church of San Gimignano a very prestigious museum.

The Museum of Sacred Art was created in 1915 and houses many works of art: wooden sculptures of the XIV century, and “The Madonna of the rose” by Bartolo di Fredi.

In San Gimignano there are also the People’s Palace, the Civic Museum and the Archeological Museum that houses Etruscan, Roman and Medieval findings from the city and the surrounding area. It houses the objects of common use such as plates, vases, buckles and necklaces and in particular cinerary urns, that represent on its surface a death person handing a plate containing some offers to pay her afterlife’s journey.

Typical product: Vernaccia wine

Vernaccia wine is a delicious typical wine of San Gimignano’s lands and the first Italian wine to receive the prestigious recognition given to the wine by the Italian government for quality: DOC (Denominazione di Origine Controllata).

The vernaccia is produced exclusively in the territory of San Gimignano the earth is made up of jellow sand and sandy clay.

It is said that this wine was already produced in 1270, and that Dante Alighieri wrote about it in the Divina Commedia (The Divine Comedy).
Vernaccia is not the only wine produced in this territory: Chianti Colli Senesi, San Gimignano Rosso e Rosato, e il Vin Santo are other famous and prestigious products of San Gimignano’s territory.

Reach San Gimignano

By train: you cannot reach San Gimignano, but you can arrive by train in Poggibonsi and from Poggibonsi reach San Gimignano by nus.

By car: from motorway A1 exit at Firenze Certosa, continue direction Siena. Exit Poggibonsi Nord and follow for San Gimignano.

By plane: the nearest airport are Leonardo da Vindi in Florence and the Galileo Galilei airport in Pisa. From these airport you can reach San Gimignano by bus, by train or renting a car.