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San Gimignano (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 43 28 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 43.4667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 011 02 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 11.0333 decimal degrees |
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Note: Walled hill town that still retains medieval character; named for 4th-cen. bishop who freed the town from Germanic control; troubled by Guelph/Ghibelline conflict of two feuding families in Middle Ages; taken by Florence in 1250, and again in 14th cen.; historic center named UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1990. |
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| San Gimignano (preferred,C,V)
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............ | named after the bishop of Modena (died 397) |
| Gimignano, San (C,V)
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| S. Gimignano (C,V)
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| Sangimignano (C,V)
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| Silva (H,V)
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Tuscany (region (administrative division)) (P,C) part of new kingdom of Italy from 1861 |
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Siena (province) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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was an Etruscan settlement |
| town (C) |
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| tourist center (C) |
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famous for medieval architecture, especially the towers (14 of the original 72 remain) that were built by rival families |
| cultural center (C) |
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noted for museum & fresco paintings in various churches, especially those by Barna, Bartolo di Fredi & Benozzo Gozzoli |
| World Heritage Site (C) |
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1990 |
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