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Path to climb to Torre Grossa begins by stairs left

1300 is the year Torre Grossa was founded. The museum is located in the Palazzo Comunale Photo was taken while climbing to Torre Grossa through Museo d'arte Sacra in Pinacoteca of Palazzo Comunale

Photo was taken while climbing to Torre Grossa through Museo d'arte Sacra in Pinacoteca of Palazzo Comunale

Torre Grossa is the tallest of the 14 towers of the city of San Gimignano. Construction began on August 21, 1300, and was completed in 1311. Its height is 54 meters

Bell Tower of Duomo di Santa Maria Assunta is visible in foreground

From Left to Right: Torre del Diavolo, La torre di palazzo Pellari (below), Water Well on the Square of Cisterna, and then Torre dei Becci San Gimignano is a town in the province of Siena, located on top of a hill 334 m high, was founded as a small village in the 3rd century BC by the Etruscans. The village turned into a city in the 10th century AD and received the name San Gimignano in honor of the Modena bishop Geminian (320-397), who, according to legend, stopped the hordes of Huns led by Attila at the city walls. The main feature of San Gimignano are fourteen medieval towers, built by the most noble families in the 11th-13th centuries. According to various sources, from 70 to 76 towers were built in total, but not all have survived to this day. Some "skyscrapers" reach a height of 50 meters.

Torre Rognosa, also known as the Clock Tower, is one of the tallest and best-preserved medieval towers in San Gimignano. The tower was built around 1200 and belonged to the Gregorio and Oti families. The tower is 51 m high, making it the second tallest in the city after the Great Tower (54 m). The name "Rognosa" comes from the fact that for some time the tower housed prisoners with scabies (from the French rogne). At the top of the tower there is an open terrace with a bell tower. At first, the bell was rung to notify citizens of danger, but later the bell began to strike the hours (hence the alternate name - Clock Tower).

From Left to Right: Torre Chigi below, Torre Rognosa tallest, Complesso di San Domenico in the distance, Torre del Diavolo and then La torre di palazzo Pellari below

Torri dei Salvucci are twin towers on the Cathedral Square. The towers belonged to the influential Salvucci family, which had great influence, and proof of this is the fact that it built not one tower, but two. One of the towers is now the only residential one of the 14 surviving buildings of this type in San Gimignano. The tower has 10 floors, and its height is 48 meters. Torre Grossa is the tallest of the 14 towers of the city of San Gimignano. Construction began on August 21, 1300, and was completed in 1311. Its height is 54 meters