Because of so many interesting features of the most interesting town, I decided to include a third post, rather than making one extra long. So, in addition to the sites of a well-preserved medieval town, you can find other things of importance.
First, a wedding! The bride and groom arrive in a magnificent carriage!
The family and friends gather to wish them well.
By happenstance, the bride is in the municipal building getting more photos when we went to see it. (Photos includes the frescoes from 1507 in the hall of justice.)
Being Italy, there must be competition for the best gelato; if you can’t compete any more for the tallest towers or the most elaborate windows you can compete for the best ice cream.
But if you wear yellow and stop for very long, you are likely to attract a few friends. These gnats loved Gael’s coat and they were not on me or anyone else that I could see.
We paid to see the interior of one of the old houses; I didn’t take many photos, just of this one room, and of the view from the balcony…
with some of the flowers (a close up of the white ones). In addition, here are more of the lovely cultivated flowers from around the town.
So you don’t forget while reading this post that San Gimignano is a medieval town, here are a few reminders that didn’t make it into the last posts.
And finally, the start of a new series–the cat of San Gimignano.
(Watch for future posts on the gatti of Italy….or I might go back and add them to previous posts, since the creatures seem to inhabit every site I’ve been to).
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