San Gimignano, Tuscany

San Gimignano is a Tuscan hill town that has been preserved pretty much the way it looked in Medieval times.
It is famous for its defensive towers.

Top left- a gated courtyard with laundry hanging to dry.

Top right- four of the towers seen from just outside the town wall.

Bottom right- tower in the main square at twilight.

Bottom left- a medieval cistern in our hotel, which may have once been a tower.