1300 San Gimignano

San Gimignano is one of the best hill towns in Tuscany. There’s a lot going on there so I’m going to break it into a couple of posts. We’ll start with 1300 San Gimignano. This is a 1:100 scale model (in clay) of the city as it was in 1300 CE. The model was built by Michelangelo and Raffaello Rubino (and assistants) over 3 years. It’s on display in the brothers’ art gallery in San Gimignano. Enjoy.

Cross-section of tower in San Gimignano