San Gimignano. Now 14 remain and rising above Tuscanys Elsa Valley they make the town look like a medieval dreamscape. The true good fortune of the city was the Via Francigena that passed through it.
A World Heritage Site since 1990 San Gimignano known also as the Medieval Manhattan owes its name to the incredible number of towers that loom up over the town rooftops. San Gimignano is a small medieval village within the Province of Siena which offers a rich past and fascinating architecture. Thirteen of these magnificent towers survive today and they still shape a skyline that is without a doubt unique.
San Gimignano is a small walled medieval hill town in the province of Siena Tuscany north-central Italy.
39 0577 940008 - Fax. Thirteen of these magnificent towers survive today and they still shape a skyline that is without a doubt unique. Visually striking and perfectly preserved it gets all the fawning attention from passing tour buses. Welcome to San Gimignano As you crest the nearby hills the 14 towers of the walled town of San Gimignano rise up like a medieval Manhattan.