HIGH TOWERS OF SAN GIMINIANO – Italy / Tuscany: obligatory stage to feel Middle Ages

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During the Middle Ages, its high towers comforted the faithful who were going on a pilgrimage to Rome. That village, was a step absolutely mandatory for all the people who came from northern Europe, traveling to the city of the pope. This is the explanation of the prosperity and wealth of San Gimignano, until 1348. From that year, after the plague epidemic, the route of pilgrims to Rome had taken other directions. For people like you, today, is visiting this medieval treasure that time has preserved intact, palaces, churches and houses of San Gimignano is like a large open book.

A page of that fascinating medieval tale, presents you the inside of a church in Romanesque structure, with the amazing Collegiate three naves, separated by columns and covered with vaults. Entering the Museum of Sacred Art, your curiosity finds satisfaction in admiring works of religious art that come from other churches in this area. You’ll have to climb to the upper floors of the Palazzo del Popolo (and get into the Museum gallery), for the appointment with a Pinturicchio painted the Madonna with St. Gregory and St. Benedict.

The oldest tower in the city? You’ll have to go to the Duomo Square, watching the many historic buildings and focus your attention on the Palazzo del Podestà. Its tower is the tallest in the city. Walking along Via del Castello, you arrive in Piazza della Cisterna, and is right in the center of the square that you can photograph the twelfth-century well. Before you leave, if you want to count all the towers of San Gimignano, you will need to go on the site of a fortress. There is a beautiful garden with an unparalleled view of the hills. Close your eyes and breathe. San Gimignano stays with you, along with its medieval jewels: the Collegiate Church, Cathedral Square and People’s Palace.