San Gimignano from Torre Grossa in Palazzo Comunale
We visited San Gimignano. After spending some time trying to park the Fiat Panda we finally have to opt for the park and ride option. Too many tourists for a small town, which breaks a bit the charm of the place. We went there on a weekend so there was also a market in Piazza del Duomo. Market stalls can be seen in this video which is shot from the top of Torre Grossa in Palazzo Comunale.
The tower requires to walk up several hundred of steps but the views from the 54 meters Torre Grossa are breathtaking. No wonder why this place is called the Italian Manhattan, the town has up to 14 towers!
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, the Historic Centre of San Gimignano, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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San Gimignano:
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. The town also is known for the white wine, Vernaccia di San Gimignano, produced from the ancient variety of Vernaccia grape which is grown on the sandstone hillsides of the area.
The town of San Gimignano has many fine examples of Romanesque and Gothic architecture. As well as churches and medieval fortifications, there are notable examples of Romanesque secular and domestic architecture which may be distinguished from each other by their round and pointed arches, respectively. A particular feature which is typical of the region of Siena is that the arches of openings are depressed, with doorways often having a second low arch set beneath a semi-circular or pointed arch. Both Romanesque and Gothic windows sometimes have a bifurcate form, with two openings divided by a stone mullion under a single arch.
Piazza della Cisterna
This Piazza, entered from Via San Giovanni, is the main square of the town. It is triangular in shape and is surrounded by medieval houses of different dates, among them some fine examples of Romanesque and Gothic palazzos. At the centre of the piazza stands a well which was the main source of water for the town's residents. The structure dates from 1346. Although much of it has been renewed in the late 20th century, parts of the paving date from the 13th century.
Piazza Duomo
This piazza is to the north of Piazza della Cistern and is connected by a passage adjacent to an open loggia. To the west, at the top of the square, stands the Collegiate Church, reached by a broad flight of steps. The name of the square would seem to imply that this church was at one time a cathedral, but although it was perhaps planned, this was not the case. Other important buildings on the square include the Palazzo Comunale and the Palazzo Podesta, the house of the mayor. The Palazzo Podesta is distinguished by its huge arched loggia.
Towers in San Gimignano
While in other cities, such as Florence, most or all of their towers have been brought down due to wars, catastrophes, or urban renewal, San Gimignano has managed to conserve fourteen towers of varying heights, for which it is known internationally.Wikipedia
Campanile della Collegiata
Torri degli Ardinghelli
Torre dei Becci
Torre Campatelli
Torre Chigi, (1280)
Torre dei Cugnanesi
Torre del Diavolo
Torre Ficherelli or Ficarelli
Torre Grossa, (1311), 54 metres (177 ft)
Torre di Palazzo Pellari
Casa-torre Pesciolini
Torre Pettini
Torre Rognosa, 51 metres (167 ft)
Torri dei Salvucci
View of San Gimignano, Italy, from Torre Grossa
Climbing the Torre Grossa in San Gimignano, Italy
Places to see in ( San Gimignano - Italy ) Palazzo Pubblico e Torre Grossa
Places to see in ( San Gimignano - Italy ) Palazzo Pubblico e Torre Grossa
The Torre Grossa is the highest tower of San Gimignano (hence the name) and is located in Piazza del Duomo , next to the new Palazzo del Podestà. It began exactly on 21st August 1300 , four months after the city hosted Dante Alighieri , and was completed in 1311 . It is 54 meters high and the only one, together with the twin towers of the herb square, on which access to the public is allowed.
The tower rests on a vaulted passage and has, like all the other towers of San Gimignano, square base. The visible facing is in stone, cut into very regular drafts.
On the top, from which you can enjoy a wonderful view of the town and the surrounding countryside, there is a belfry, surrounded by a walkway protected by a parapet resting on hanging arches . the cell coverage is pyramidal and resembles that of the nearby Rognosa tower. The tower can be visited with the same ticket of the Civic Museum .
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San Gimignano:
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. The town also is known for the white wine, Vernaccia di San Gimignano, produced from the ancient variety of Vernaccia grape which is grown on the sandstone hillsides of the area.
The town of San Gimignano has many fine examples of Romanesque and Gothic architecture. As well as churches and medieval fortifications, there are notable examples of Romanesque secular and domestic architecture which may be distinguished from each other by their round and pointed arches, respectively. A particular feature which is typical of the region of Siena is that the arches of openings are depressed, with doorways often having a second low arch set beneath a semi-circular or pointed arch. Both Romanesque and Gothic windows sometimes have a bifurcate form, with two openings divided by a stone mullion under a single arch.
Piazza della Cisterna
This Piazza, entered from Via San Giovanni, is the main square of the town. It is triangular in shape and is surrounded by medieval houses of different dates, among them some fine examples of Romanesque and Gothic palazzos. At the centre of the piazza stands a well which was the main source of water for the town's residents. The structure dates from 1346. Although much of it has been renewed in the late 20th century, parts of the paving date from the 13th century.
Piazza Duomo
This piazza is to the north of Piazza della Cistern and is connected by a passage adjacent to an open loggia. To the west, at the top of the square, stands the Collegiate Church, reached by a broad flight of steps. The name of the square would seem to imply that this church was at one time a cathedral, but although it was perhaps planned, this was not the case. Other important buildings on the square include the Palazzo Comunale and the Palazzo Podesta, the house of the mayor. The Palazzo Podesta is distinguished by its huge arched loggia.
Towers in San Gimignano
While in other cities, such as Florence, most or all of their towers have been brought down due to wars, catastrophes, or urban renewal, San Gimignano has managed to conserve fourteen towers of varying heights, for which it is known internationally.Wikipedia
Campanile della Collegiata
Torri degli Ardinghelli
Torre dei Becci
Torre Campatelli
Torre Chigi, (1280)
Torre dei Cugnanesi
Torre del Diavolo
Torre Ficherelli or Ficarelli
Torre Grossa, (1311), 54 metres (177 ft)
Torre di Palazzo Pellari
Casa-torre Pesciolini
Torre Pettini
Torre Rognosa, 51 metres (167 ft)
Torri dei Salvucci
SAN GIMIGNANO: COSA VEDERE - Un itinerario alla scoperta del medioevo toscano
Una penna in valigia vi accompagna alla scoperta di San Gimignano e delle sue torri, passando da piazza della Cisterna e la rocca di Montestaffoli , fino alla cima di Torre Grossa.
Visiteremo anche Torre Salvucci Maggiore, un appartamento costruito in una torre, il Duomo e la Spezieria di Santa Fina.
Da non perdere inoltre una visita al vicino borgo di Monterggioni per un tuffo nel medioevo.
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Torre Grossa San Gimignano
Salita sulla torre più alta di San Gimignano dalla quale si gode di una vista spettacolare
Assassin's Creed 2, Assassin tomb: Torre Grossa's secret (Torre Grossa) +2 secret areas
Secret area (treasure chest) #1: 02:30
Secret area (treasure chest) #2: 05:06
Full walkthrough in HD quality of the Assassin tomb: Torre Grossa's secret to recover the hidden seal in landmark Torre Grossa, in San Gimignano. Both secret areas for treasure chests are shown on the video.
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Torre Grossa San Gimignano - Panorama
torre grossa san gimignano
La Torre Grossa è la torre più alta di San Gimignano (da cui il nome) e si trova in piazza del Duomo, accanto al palazzo nuovo del Podestà. Fu iniziata esattamente il 21 agosto del 1300, quattro mesi dopo che la città aveva ospitato Dante Alighieri, e venne terminata nel 1311. È alta 54 metri ed l'unica, insieme alle due torri gemelle della piazza delle erbe sulla quale sia consentito l'accesso al pubblico.
La torre poggia su un passaggio voltato ed ha, come tutte le altre torri sangimignanesi, base quadrata. Il paramento a vista è in pietra, tagliata in bozze ben regolari. Sulla sommità, dalla quale si gode una stupenda vista sulla cittadina e sulla campagna circostante, è presente una cella campanaria, circondata da un camminamento protetto da parapetto poggiante su archetti pensili. la copertura della cella è piramidale e ricorda quella della vicina torre Rognosa. La torre è visitabile con lo stesso biglietto del Museo Civico.
San Gimignano, in provincia di Siena, a circa 45 km dal capoluogo e a poca distanza anche da altre città turistiche come Colle Val d’Elsa, è una delle tappe fondamentali di una vacanza in Toscana. Il borgo toscano si trova sopra un colle e, come molte altre cittadine medievali è circondata da mura. Abitato fin dal periodo etrusco, come dimostrano i vari reperti rinvenuti, il colle di San Gimignano fin dall’antichità è stato scelto da molte popolazioni per la sua collocazione, che rendeva facile il controllo delle vallate circostanti.
Il nome attuale le venne attribuito nel X secolo, quando, secondo la leggenda, il vescovo Gimignano la salvò dalle orde dei barbari, apparendo loro sulle mura della città. Uno dei suoi periodi più floridi è stato senza dubbio il Medioevo; essendo attraversata dalla Via Francigena, San Gimignano rappresentò uno dei punti di riferimento per l’economia della zona, e dopo essere divenuta un “libero comune“, fu al centro delle lotte che videro scontrarsi tra loro Firenze e Siena.
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San Gimignano from Torre Grossa in Tuscany, Italy (2/2)
San Gimignano is a small medieval town, built on top of a hill like so many other Tuscan towns in Italy. It is mainly famous for its medieval architecture, especially its towers which may be seen from several kilometres outside the town. The town of the tall towers is one of the best-preserved medieval towns in Tuscany. In the 13th century, the town had unbelievable 76 (!) towers, from which 13 are still preserved until today. The towers were used as part of the fortification of the town, but they were also built as status symbol from wealthy inhabitants before the 13th century.
The tallest tower - the Torre Grossa - provides a beautiful view on San Gimignano. It is worth walking all the steps up on top of the tower to enjoy the view on the town and its surrounding landscape!
Please see also the first part of this video:
L'artista Imran Qureshi in mostra nella Torre Grossa di San Gimignano
Grazie a una collaborazione col Siena Art Institute l'artista pachistano ha realizzato un'intstallazione site specific
Assassin's Creed 2 (ITA)-Sigilli-2- San Gimignano, Torre Grossa
Il sigillo nascosto a San Gimignano.
San Gimignano: views from Torre Grossa in Palazzo Comunale, gorgeous Tuscany!
We stop in San Gimignano, and after spending some time trying to park the Fiat Panda we finally have to opt for the park and ride option. Once in the centre of the town we visit Palazzo Comunale in Piazza del Duomo and we go up the 54 meters Torre Grossa. I think that this is the only tower that it is open to the public. From the top there are gorgeous views from the Tuscany Fields.
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.
The Historic Centre of San Gimignano, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The town also is known for the white wine, Vernaccia di San Gimignano.
San Gimignano from Torre Grossa in Tuscany, Italy (1/2)
San Gimignano is a small medieval town, built on top of a hill like so many other Tuscan towns in Italy. It is mainly famous for its medieval architecture, especially its towers which may be seen from several kilometres outside the town. The town of the tall towers is one of the best-preserved medieval towns in Tuscany. In the 13th century, the town had unbelievable 76 (!) towers, from which 13 are still preserved until today. The towers were used as part of the fortification of the town, but they were also built as status symbol from wealthy inhabitants before the 13th century.
The tallest tower - the Torre Grossa - provides a beautiful view on San Gimignano. It is worth walking all the steps up on top of the tower to enjoy the view on the town and its surrounding landscape!
Please see also the first part of this video:
San Gimignano
SAN GIMIGNANO - Siena, Tuscany - Italy
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Photography and editing by Sandro Sansone
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'San Gimignano delle belle Torri' bears exceptional testimony to the civilization of the Middle Ages in that it groups together within a small area all the structures typical of urban life: squares and streets, houses and palaces, wells and fountains.
San Gimignano is situated in the Val d'Elsa, 56 km south of Florence. Its walls and fortified houses form an unforgettable skyline, in the heart of the Etruscan landscape. San Gimignano was a relay point on the Via Francigena for pilgrims journeying to and from Rome. Originally under the jurisdiction of the bishops of Volterra, it became independent in 1199 when it acquired its first podestà. The free town, known as San Gimignano delle Belle Torri, entered into a long period of prosperity that lasted until 1353, when it fell under the sway of Florence. In 1262 an enceinte measuring 2,177 m, later to be reinforced with five cylindrical towers, girdled the small town.
The town was controlled by two major rival families - the Ardinghelli, Guelph sympathizers, and the Salvucci, who were Ghibellines - and was the scene of incessant conflicts between the two clans. As symbols of their wealth and power, 72 tower houses were built. Of these, 14 have survived, including the Cugnanesi house on the former Via Francigena (Via San Giovanni); the Pesciolini house on the Via San Matteo, on the Via del Castello, in the town's oldest quarter, the Palazzo Franzesi-Ceccarelli house, whose unsymmetrical facade ingeniously circumvented the law of 1255 which stipulated that no new residence should be wider than 12 arm spans for a linear depth of 24 arm spans.
The town grew around two principal squares, the Piazza della Cisterna and the Piazza del Duomo. The triangular Piazza della Cisterna is ornamented with a lovely well that stands in the centre. The piazza is bordered by tower houses: the twin towers of the Ardinghellis to the west, the tower of the Benuccis, the Casa Rodolfi and the Palazzo Razzi to the south, and the Palazzo dei Cortesi to the north.
The Piazza del Duomo has more a intricate layout that took form in the late 13th century. The majority of public and private monuments are found here. On the west, is the Collegiata of Santa Maria Assunta. On the east is the former palace of the podestà (1239), which was transformed into an inn, then a theatre, and today is disused; the Torre della Rognosa and the Torre Chigi are also on this side. The Palazzo del Popolo stands on the south along with the Torre Grossa which rises to 54 m and faces the twin towers of the Salvucci on the north.
The historic centre of San Gimignano contains a series of masterpieces of 14th- and 15th-century Italian art in their original architectural settings, including: in the cathedral, the fresco of the Last Judgment, Heaven and Hell by Taddeo di Bartolo (1393), the Martyrdom of S. Sebastian by Benozzo Gozzoli, and above all the magnificent frescoes by Domenico Ghirlandaio - the cycle of Santa Fina, the Annunciation in the St John baptistry. Other works of the same outstanding beauty include the huge frescoes by Benozzo Gozzoli depicting St Sebastian and St Augustine.
The frescoes by Memmo di Filippuccio which the township commissioned in 1303 to decorate the chambers of the podestà in the Palazzo del Popolo are among the most frequently reproduced documents used to illustrates daily life, down to its most domestic details, of the early 14th century.
Source: UNESCO/CLT/WHC
San Gimignano, nella Torre Grossa (Toscana, Italia) +
Panorámica de San Gimignano desde la cima de la Torre Grossa.
En el video se puede apreciar las principales plazas y torres de este pueblecito medieval rodeado por verdes campos.
Situado a 30km de Siena, en pleno corazón de la Toscana, San Gimignano fue declarado Patrimonio de la Humanidad por la Unesco en el año 1990.
Fecha: 10 Mayo 2013. 12:27h.
Música: 'Cinema Paradiso' - Phil Keaggy
San Gimignano Italy: Wine, Gelato, Tower Views, and Shops
San Gimignano is an Italian hill town in Tuscany. It is known as the Town of Fine Towers. 13 of the original 72 towers still remain standing. Torre Grossa is the tallest tower in San Gimignano and is one of the best known towers in Tuscany. It was built in 1310 and stands 177' tall. You'll have great views of the city as well as the surrounding towns and vineyards from the top.
As in most tourist towns in Italy, you'll find many shops and cafes here as well as throngs of tourists. Therefore, it is wise to arrive early to find parking and to beat the crowds.
Gelateria Dondoli has won many awards and is a must try. Don't be afraid of the line. It moves pretty fast. Also, don't miss lunch at Caffe Giardino. It is just outside the walls of the city and offers good food as well as a window with some of the best views of Tuscany.
Camera: GoPro Hero6 2.7k @ 60fps native
Video Editor: Davinci Resolve 15.2
Recorded: 07/2018
Dave & Julie on the top of the Torre Grossa in San Gimignano Tuscany Italy
Enjoying the view of the the surrounding hills. plains and valleys on this part of Tuscany Italy. Video taken by Pablo Bisquera.