5 Sights in San Gimignano, Italy (with Map and Images)
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Explore interesting sights in San Gimignano, Italy. Click on a marker on the map to view details about it. Underneath is an overview of the sights with images. A total of 5 sights are available in San Gimignano, Italy.
Sightseeing Tours in San GimignanoActivities in 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 saffron, the Golden Ham, pecorino cheese and its white wine, Vernaccia di San Gimignano, produced from the ancient variety of Vernaccia grape which is grown on the sandstone hillsides of the area.
2. Collegiate Church of San Gimignano
The Collegiata di Santa Maria Assunta or Duomo di San Gimignano is a Roman Catholic collegiate church and minor basilica in San Gimignano, in Tuscany in central Italy. It contains important cycles of Renaissance frescoes by artists including Domenico Ghirlandaio, Benozzo Gozzoli, Taddeo di Bartolo, Lippo Memmi and Bartolo di Fredi. It falls within the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the "Historic Centre of San Gimignano", with its frescoes being described by UNESCO as "works of outstanding beauty".
Wikipedia: Collegiata di Santa Maria Assunta, San Gimignano (EN), Website
3. Pieve di Santa Maria Assunta a Cellole
Santa Maria Assunta in Cellole is a church and former pieve located in Pancole, in the municipality of San Gimignano, province of Siena, Tuscany, central Italy. Mentioned for the first time in 1109, it was rebuilt several times between the 12th and 13th centuries, and was consecrated in 1238.
4. Chiesa del Convento di Monte Oliveto
The monastery of Santa Maria Assunta in Monte Oliveto Minore, also known as the convent of Monte Oliveto, is a religious complex located in Monteoliveto, near Santa Lucia, in the municipality of San Gimignano, in the province of Siena.
5. Chiesa della Madonna dei Lumi
The church of the Madonna dei Lumi is located in San Gimignano at the southern end of Via San Giovanni, close to Porta San Giovanni, in the province of Siena, archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino.
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