🏰 Historic Centre of San Gimignano
Medieval towers and preserved urban landscape in Tuscany
📋 Fast Facts
- UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed in 1990
- 14 towers remain of an original 72 built between the 12th and 13th centuries
- Located in central Tuscany, Italy
- Famous for Vernaccia di San Gimignano wine and saffron production
San Gimignano, known as "San Gimignano delle belle Torri" (of the beautiful towers), is a walled medieval town in Tuscany that has retained much of its 12th and 13th-century character. The town's distinctive skyline of tower houses represents an exceptional example of medieval urban planning and family power dynamics in a European commune. Its remarkably preserved medieval street layout, religious buildings, and civic structures offer direct evidence of economic and cultural prosperity during ...