Historic Center of San
Gimignano (1990)
Italy
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'San Gimignano delle belle Torri' is in Tuscany, 56 km south of Florence. It
served as an important relay point for pilgrims travelling to or from Rome on
the Via Francigena. The patrician families who controlled the town built around
72 tower-houses (some as high as 50 m) as symbols of their wealth and power.
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Although only 14 have survived, San Gimignano has retained its feudal atmosphere
and appearance. The town also has several masterpieces of 14th- and 15th-century
Italian art.
- Italy 2002. Tourism stamp -- San Gimignano.
- St. Vincent of the Grenadines 1996. UNESCO anniversary. San
Gimignano. The stamp is digitally cut out of a souvenir sheet. Click
here to see the full sheet. The link will open in a new window.
The stamp is located in the top row, far left. Scan by courtesy of
Miomir Zivkovic (Serbia).
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Other World Heritage Sites in Italy (on this site). Inactive links are not described
on stamps. Please refer to the UNESCO-listing,
section Italy for further information about such sites.
- Rock Drawings in Valcamonica
- Historic Centre of Rome
- St.Maria delle Grazie, "Last Supper" (da Vinci)
- Historic Centre of Florence
- Venice and its Lagoon
- Piazza del Duomo, Pisa
- I Sassi di Matera
- City of Vicenza & the
Palladian Villas, Veneto
- Historic Centre of Siena
- Historic Centre of Naples
- Crespi d'Adda
- Ferrara, City of the
Renaissance & Po Delta
- Castel del Monte
- The Trulli of
Alberobello
- Early Christian Monuments of
Ravenna
- Historic Centre of the City of
Pienza
- Roy. Palace, Caserta, Park, Aqd.Vanvitelli, San Leucio
- Residences of the Royal House
of Savoy
- Botanical Garden (Orto Botanico), Padua
- Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and
the Islands
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