ITALIA TOUR

SAN GIMIGNANO

San Gimignano is especially famous for its medieval towers that still stand out on its landscape, which have earned him the nickname of Manhattan of the Middle Ages. Between the 72 towers and tower houses, existing in the heyday of the City, it five in 1580 and today there are sixteen, with other scapitozzate intravedibili in the urban fabric. The oldest is the Rognosa tower, which is 51 meters high, while the highest is the Torre del Podesta, also known as the Torre Grossa, 54 meters. A regulation of 1255 forbade private citizens to build the tallest towers of the tower Rognosa (which at the time was the highest), although the two most important families, Ardinghelli and Salvucci, they built two towers little more low of nearly equal size, to demonstrate their power.