PIAZZA DELLA CISTERNA, San Gimignano (Itália) [HD]
Vídeo gravado em 2012, na Piazza della Cisterna, em San Gimignano (Itália).
Video recorded in 2012 at Piazza della Cisterna in San Gimignano (Italy).
San Gimignano, Italy in Tuscany the historic center and Piazza della Cisterna close to Siena
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.
Piazza della Cisterna:
This Piazza, entered from Via San Giovanni, is the main square of San Gimignano. 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 della Cisterna San Gimignano Tuscany Italy
A popular square of the town with the old Well.
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Piazza Della Cisterna San Gimignano
San Gimignano's main square has the town's 13th-century cistern, or well, in the center surrounded by some of the town's majestic towers.
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San Gimignano - View of Piazza della Cisterna
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San Gimignano, Tuscany, Italy.
Piazza Della Cisterna - San Gimignano
Piazza Della Cisterna - San Gimignano
Places to see in ( San Gimignano - Italy ) Piazza della Cisterna
Places to see in ( San Gimignano - Italy ) Piazza della Cisterna
Piazza della Cisterna is a piazza in San Gimignano, Italy. It has a triangular shape with a slight natural slope and is connected to the nearby Piazza del Duomo by an open passage. The pavement is brick and the piazza is surrounded by houses and medieval towers.
In the south-west corner, the piazza meets the Arc of Becci, (l'arco dei Becci), an ancient city gate. The arc is flanked by the massive rectangular towers of Becci (torri dei Becci) on the left and Cugnanesi (torri dei Cugnanesi) on the right.
Past the access to via di Castello, the northern side is characterized by Cortesi Palace, la torre del Diavolo, and the houses of Cattani. The west side is adorned with various towers, like the twin towers of Ardinghelli and the tower of palazzo Pellaro.
The piazza is located at the intersection of two main streets of the village of San Gimignano: la via Francigena and la via Pisa - Siena. The piazza was used as a market and a stage for festivals and tournaments. Its current layout dates from the thirteenth century.
The piazza is named after the underground cistern (Cisterna) built in 1287. The cistern is capped by a travertine octagonal pedestal, which was built in 1346 under the mayor Guccio Malavolti and is close to the center of the square.
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Piazza della Cisterna a San Gimignano
Piazza della Cisterna è, con la piazza del Duomo, una delle due più belle piazze di San Gimignano.
La piazza ha una forma triangolare con una lieve pendenza naturale ed è collegata alla vicina piazza del Duomo da un passaggio aperto. La pavimentazione è ammattonata a spina di pesce e sui lati si dispone una straordinaria cortina di case nobiliari e torri medievali.
A partire dal lato sud-ovest, si incontra nell'estremità meridionale l'arco dei Becci, antica porta cittadina della prima cerchia delle mura alto-medievali. La porta è affiancata dai massicci parallelepipedi delle torri dei Becci (a sinistra) e dei Cugnanesi (a destra).
Proseguendo verso destra, gli edifici più significativi si trovano nelle vicinanze della cisterna: palazzo Razzi, Casa Salvestrini (già ospedale) e palazzo Tortoli accanto ad una torre mozza già appartenuta al capitano del popolo.
Passato l'accesso a via di Castello, il lato settentrionale è caratterizzato dal palazzo dei Cortesi e la suggestiva torre del Diavolo, affiancata dalle case dei Cattani.
Il lato occidentale è impreziosito da varie torri, come le gemelle torri degli Ardinghelli e la torre di palazzo Pellari.
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San Gimignano delle belle Torri is in Tuscany, 56 km south of Florence. It served an important relay point for pilgrims travelling to or from Rome on the Via Francigena. The patrician families who controlled the town built around 72 tower-houses (some as high as 50 m) as symbols of their wealth and power. Althoughonly14havesurvived, San Gimignano has retained its feudal atmosphere and appearance. The town also has several masterpieces of 14th- and 15th-century Italian art.
Piazza della Cisterna is the most beautiful square of the town, originally lined with workshops and taverns. In the middle there is an octagonal travertine well that gives the name to the square. The well was built in 1273 and enlarged in 1346 by Podestà Guccio dei Malavolti, whose coat of arms - a ladder – is engraved on the stonewalls of the well.
Originally its name was Piazza delle Taverne, than Piazza dell' Olmo, because of the huge elm tree that dominated the square. Piazza della Cisterna has a timeless magical atmosphere that brings visitors back in time. Ancient buildings and towers alternate in perfect harmony all around the square, whose red brick pavement with irregular triangular patterns leads to Via del castello.
Looking at Via del Castello, on the right-hand side, you can admire Palazzo Tortoli, with its elegant mullion Edwin Dows dating back to the fourteenth century, the cut-off tower which belonged to the Pucci family between the nineteenth and the twentieth century, Hotel Cisterna, the former residence of the Cetti and Bracceri families, then turned into a Children's Home (Ospizio dei Gettatelli); Palazzo Ridolfi, the towers and the houses that belonged to Beccis and Cugnanesis; Palazzo Pellari and Palazzo Ardinghelli, with its two towers.
On the other side of the square, Palazzo Lupi stands with its Torre del Diavolo, the Devil's Tower: its owner, back from a long journey, found it unexplainably higher and he ascribed the work to the Devil. After Vicolo dell' Oro, originally the street of goldsmiths' workshops, there is Palazzo Cortesi-Lolli, erected on pre-existent buildings.
Piazza del Duomo is the heart of San Gimignano. It is a brick, trapezoid-shaped space with a slight slope, adding to the wonder of those who upon entering find themselves all of a sudden at the centre of the Middle Ages. Three important medieval buildings face one another here: On the north side, projecting up into the sky, are the Torri Gemelle dei Salvucci. On the opposite side is the Palazzo Nuovo del Potestà with the Loggia del Comune. Beside it is the massive Torre Grossa.
The most imposing building is the Collegiata; it is at the centre, overpowering the piazza with its bulk as its on high atop a stairway. Exactly opposite is the Palazzo Vecchio del Potestà with the Torre Rognosa and the Torre Chigi alongside.
The Collegiata, also known as the Duomo, gives its name to the piazza and has been there since the 11th century. In the first half of the 13th century, during the period of great est economic prosperity, the piazza assumed the appearance it still has today. The main public buildings were built here, and the façade of the Duomo was rotated to face the Palazzo Vecchio del Potestà.
San Gimignano- Piazza Della Cisterna
Arnaud in piazza de la cisterna in San Gimignano, Italy
San Gimignano - Piazza della Cisterna to Piazza delle Erbe
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STREET VIEW: Sant Agostino in San Gimignano in Tuscany in ITALY
We start at Sant Agostino and walk to piazza del duomo. Afterwards we go to piazza della cisterna in San Gimignano in Tuscany.
Piazza della cisterna
San Gimignano 4 ottobre 2014
La piazza si trovava all'incrocio tra le due direttrici principali del borgo alto medievale (la via Francigena sull'asse nord-sud e la via Pisa-Siena sull'asse est-ovest). Se la piazza del Duomo ambivalente sia come centro religioso che politico (vi si trovano sia la Collegiata che i due palazzi del Podestà), la piazza della Cisterna era destinata al mercato ed a palcoscenico per feste e tornei. La sistemazione attuale risale al Duecento, secondo le disposizioni del Comune ghibellino.
La piazza prende il nome dalla sottostante cisterna per l'acqua del 1287, sormontata da una monumentale vera di pozzo in travertino su piedistallo ottagonale, ampliata nel 1346 sotto il podestà Guccio Malavolti, posta in posizione leggermente decentrata.
La piazza ha una forma triangolare con una lieve pendenza naturale ed è collegata alla vicina piazza del Duomo da un passaggio aperto. La pavimentazione è ammattonata a spina di pesce e sui lati si dispone una straordinaria cortina di case nobiliari e torri medievali.
A partire dal lato sud-ovest, si incontra nell'estremità meridionale l'arco dei Becci, antica porta cittadina della prima cerchia delle mura alto-medievali. La porta è affiancata dai massicci parallelepipedi delle torri dei Becci (a sinistra) e dei Cugnanesi (a destra).
Proseguendo verso destra, gli edifici più significativi si trovano nelle vicinanze della cisterna: palazzo Razzi, Casa Silvestrini (già ospedale) e palazzo Tortoli accanto ad una torre mozza già appartenuta al capitano del popolo.
Passato l'accesso a via di Castello, il lato settentrionale è caratterizzato dal palazzo dei Cortesi e la suggestiva torre del Diavolo, affiancata dalle case dei Cattani.
Il lato occidentale è impreziosito da varie torri, come le gemelle torri degli Ardinghelli e la torre di palazzo Pellari.
Piazza della Cisterna
The view of Piazza della Cisterna from our room in San Gimignano, in the Tuscany region of Italy.
San Gimignano, Tuscany, Italy
San Gimignano is a small walled medieval hill town in the province of Siena, Tuscany, Italy.
It is mainly famous for its medieval architecture, especially its towers, which may be seen from several kilometres outside the town.
San Gimignano has managed to conserve fourteen towers of varying height which have become its international symbol.
There are many churches in the town: the two main ones are the Collegiata, formerly a cathedral, and Sant'Agostino, housing a wide representation of artworks from some of the main Italian renaissance artists.
The heart of the town contains the four squares, the Piazza della Cisterna, the Piazza Duomo where the Collegiata is located, the Piazza Pecori and the Piazza delle Erbe. The main streets are Via San Matteo and Via San Giovanni, which cross the city from north to south.
0:03 - The Piazza della Cisterna. (0:58) looking back at the steep road you have to climb to reach the Piazza della Cisterna from the entrance to the town.
1:23 - The Piazza Duomo. (2:02) Panorama of the Vicolo dell'Oro.
2:50 - The Piazza San Agostino, which contains the Chiesa di Sant'Agostino. It can be found on the northern side of San Gimignano and on the Piazza Sant'Agostino, where it has been an important local landmark since is first opened its doors in the 13th century. The town's second-biggest church after the Collegiata, the simple brick exterior appears quite plain and the bell tower is very subtle. The Chiesa di Sant'Agostino is home to a small chapel, which contains the tower of St. Bartolo.
4:05 - Panorama from the Via Palestro. From this point, you get a terrific view over the Tuscan countryside, with the rolling hills and pure peacefulness.
Piazza del Duomo a San Gimignano
La piazza del Duomo di San Gimignano era il fulcro della vita religiosa e politica della cittadina nel medioevo. Si trova, con la vicina piazza della Cisterna (sede di mercato, di feste e tornei) all'incrocio tra l'asse nord-sud della via Francigena e l'asse est-ovest dell'antica strada Pisa-Siena.La piazza deve il suo nome alla Collegiata, che vi si trova dall'XI secolo, mentre l'aspetto attuale della piazza si configurò nella prima metà del Duecento, durante il periodo d'oro dell'economia e dell'importanza politica di San Gimignano. Risalgono a quel periodo i principali edifici pubblici e la rotazione del duomo, con una nuova facciata opposta al palazzo vecchio del Podestà.
Oggi la piazza si presenta lievemente in pendenza e con una pavimentazione ammattonata.
Places to see in ( San Gimignano - Italy )
Places to see in ( San Gimignano - Italy )
San Gimignano is an Italian hill town in Tuscany, southwest of Florence. Encircled by 13th-century walls, its old town centers on Piazza della Cisterna, a triangular square lined with medieval houses. It has a skyline of medieval towers, including the stone Torre Grossa. The Duomo di San Gimignano is a 12th-century church with frescoes by Ghirlandaio in its Santa Fina Chapel.
As you crest the nearby hills, the 14 towers of the walled town of San Gimignano rise up like a medieval Manhattan. Originally an Etruscan village, the settlement was named after the bishop of Modena, San Gimignano, who is said to have saved the city from Attila the Hun. It became a comune (local government) in 1199, prospering in part because of its location on the Via Francigena. Building a tower taller than their neighbours' (there were originally 72) became a popular way for prominent families to flaunt their power and wealth.
In 1348 plague wiped out much of the population and weakened the local economy, leading to the town's submission to Florence in 1353. Today, not even the plague would deter the swarms of summer day trippers, who are lured by a palpable sense of history, intact medieval streetscapes and enchanting rural setting.
San Gimignano is a pretty medieval walled city in Tuscany, Italy, famous for its beautiful towers and great art. It is small enough to be effectively visited as a day trip from nearby cities like Siena and Florence, but it has a different atmosphere at night that many travelers find it worthwhile to experience.
Piazza del Duomo the town church's square, is surrounded by thousand-year-old towers SanGimignano1300 the visit to the museum is an ideal opportunity to learn about the architectural, social, and historical aspects of the middle Ages in Tuscany. The Collegiata, the nearest to a duomo (cathedral) in this small city.
The Pinacoteca Civica (civic painting gallery/museum) in the Palazzo Pubblico is small but has beautiful art inside. Torre Grossa, is the tallest tower in the city at 200 feet. Porta San Giovanni is a gate at the southern end of the town's 13th century walls. The church of Sant'Agostino in the northeastern part of the city contains a set of great frescoes on the life of St. Augustine by Benozzo Gozzoli, & friendly, English-speaking friars to tell you about the church.
The panorama of the countryside from the Rocca (literally, a big rock) in the southwestern part of the city. The Piazza della Cisterna, a beautiful piazza with an old stone well (no longer used) in the middle. This is where a Thursday market gathers. On foot - it's very small, and you must disembark from your car or bus outside the city walls, in any case. An electric shuttlebus goes all day from Porta San Giovanni to Piazza della Cisterna to Porta San Matteo. € 1, 2/hours, buy ticket at Tourist Info or Tabacchi shop
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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