View from Above by junge1

Photography • Landscape • posted on Mar 17, 2010

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View from the top of one of the 14 remaining towers in San Gimignano. Originally there were 72 towers and the city is still known as San Gimignano of the Fine Towers. Little is known about the origins of this city but it is believed to date back to the 3rd or 2nd century BC as an Etruscan site. Today, San Gimignano is one of Europe's best preserved cities. The city became a free commune in 1199, but internal fights between the Ardinghelli family (Guelph) and the Salvucci family (Ghibelline) over the next two centuries caused deep divisions and rivalry. Most towers were built during this period as status symbols, the height of the towers depending on the families wealth. This picture was taken in July 1997 and later scanned. Thanks for visiting, Sig...

Comments (34)

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Faemike55

6:54PM | Wed, 17 March 2010

I see! Towers of Power! Any records? Nice shot!

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dragonmuse

7:05PM | Wed, 17 March 2010

Beautiful place. I too am curious about seeing the towers.

thevolunteer

7:18PM | Wed, 17 March 2010

Great pov. Don't you just love old and ancient architecture.... There sure is a lot of history here. Thanks for the lesson. Aloha

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unstart

7:33PM | Wed, 17 March 2010

Beautiful POV!!

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dbrv6

7:44PM | Wed, 17 March 2010

Great pov and capture.

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junge1

8:16PM | Wed, 17 March 2010

I don't intend the information I provide for uploads like this one to be interpreted as a 'lesson'. I am curious about the places I have visited in the past or will visit in the future and to me these trips are much more satisfying when I know what I am looking at. This requires a certain about of digging (research if you will) before I go, enough digging to make me curious enough to want to go, and certainly research after I come back. This often requires maps, books and recently the Internet to identify the photos I have taken of buildings, sites etc.

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watapki66

8:18PM | Wed, 17 March 2010

Wonderful view!

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Sea_Dog

8:18PM | Wed, 17 March 2010

Very nice work. I like the POV here. Well done.

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Minda

9:04PM | Wed, 17 March 2010

wow! what an awesome capture sig...beautiful view..

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auntietk

9:20PM | Wed, 17 March 2010

I know you don't intend to give a "lesson," my friend, but the things you tell us are always so interesting we can't help but learn something! This wonderful image is more enticing because of your narrative. Nicely done!

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danapommet

9:40PM | Wed, 17 March 2010

I'm in on the "lesson" idea also Sig. I love to travel and can't get everywhere I want to, so to all the travelers out there, including yourself, we get to see and "learn" about places that we may have not known that even know existed. Super POV and narrative. Dana

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beachzz

10:05PM | Wed, 17 March 2010

This is a wonderful view, over the rooftops to the valley beyond--beautiful!!

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lior

10:23PM | Wed, 17 March 2010

Excellent POV!

MrsLubner

10:46PM | Wed, 17 March 2010

I find the way this place was built and the way you found a view to complement it and show it off very fascinated. The ridge of buildings is like the stripe on a skunk - it makes a statement.

duncanoooo

11:06PM | Wed, 17 March 2010

Beautiful town and great picture! Awesome trip.

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