San Gimignano per la sua caratteristica e unica architettura medioevale \u00e8 stata dichiarata dall’UNESCO patrimonio dell’umanit\u00e0, sorge nel III secolo a.c. come un piccolo villaggio etrusco, posizionato su un colle (334m s.l.m.) dominante l’alta Val d’Elsa, ma la sua storia inizia intorno al X secolo, periodo in cui prende il nome dal santo Vescovo di Modena che avrebbe difeso il villaggio dall’occupazione di Attila.<\/p>\n
Durante il medioevo San Gimignano gode di uno spaventoso sviluppo, grazie al commercio di ottimi prodotti agricoli delle colline toscane, favorito dalla Via Francigena che lo attraversava. Nel 1199, nel pieno del suo splendore economico, il paese guadagn\u00f2 la propria indipendenza dai Vescovi di Volterra a cui era soggetta e divenne a tutti gli effetti un Comune della Toscana. In questo periodo, pur essendo divisa da una lotta intestina tra Guelfi e Ghibellini, San Gimignano si arricchisce di opere d’arte di pregio e stupende forme architettoniche. Dall’8 maggio del 1300 il Comune, ebbe l’onore di ospitare come ambasciatore della Lega Guelfa in Toscana Dante Alighieri.<\/p>\n
Lo splendore della cittadina arriv\u00f2 fino al 1348 quando a causa della peste nera che infest\u00f2 tutta l’Europa e delle carestie che ne seguirono, dovette soccombere a Firenze, divenne quindi una cittadina di secondo piano fino alla fine del XIX secolo quando si cominci\u00f2 a riscoprire la particolarit\u00e0 e la bellezza della cittadina medioevale e il pregio dei suoi prodotti agricoli, primo tra tutti, il vino.<\/p>\n
Da visitare a San Gimignano<\/span>: \u2028Piazza della Cisterna : prende il suo nome dalla cisterna del XIII secolo, in mezzo alla piazza.\u2028Il Duomo o Chiesa della Collegiata : consacrato nel 1148, arricchito da splendidi affreschi della scuola senese.\u2028Museo d\u2019arte sacra\u2028Palazzo Comunale<\/p>\n Lo Zafferano<\/span> Nel 1228 il Comune di san Gimignano pag\u00f2 i debiti, contratti per l’assedio del Castello della Nera, parte in denaro e parte in zafferano e nel 1276 istitu\u00ec gabelle di entrata e uscita trovando un cospicuo guadagno nel dazio di esportazione. Nel 1295 assegn\u00f2 addirittura due addetti alla pesa dello zafferano con presenza fissa alle porte della Citt\u00e0 dove si riscuoteva la gabella.<\/p>\n Lo zafferano purissimo di San Gimignano \u00e8 coltivato con metodi naturali che escludono qualunque uso di prodotti chimici in ogni fase della coltivazione, dell’essiccazione e della conservazione. San Gimignano rises up on a hill (m.334) dominating the Elsa Valley, with its famous profile made of fourteen towers. The famous tower-houses were 70 in the Middle Ages; they were planned and developed in height for prestige reasons, but multiplied for practical reasons. The city was a great centre for textile and the only holder of the secret of the yellow dye from saffron. In order to fix the color on the tissue, which must not see the light of the sun, the manufacturers erected the towers where they could lie the tissues which, because of the topography of the city, could not be horizontally lied.<\/p>\n San Gimignano was primarily the centre of a small Etruscan village of III-II sec. b.C. and it starts its history around the X century taking the name of the Saint Bishop of Modena: San Geminiano, who saved the village from the barbarians who wanted to invade it. It went through great development during the Middle Ages thanks to the Francigena Way which passed from here.<\/p>\n There are in fact an extraordinary number of art works that grew adorning churches and convents. In 1199 it became a free city state, it fought against the Bishops of Volterra and its surroundings, it suffered from many inner fights between the two factions Guelphs and Ghibellines. On May 8, 1300, San Gimignano hosted Dante Alighieri in his role of ambassador of the Guelph League in Tuscany.<\/p>\n The city flourished until 1348, when the plague that hit all Europe compelled it to submit to Florence. San Gimignano became a secondary centre until the 19th century, when its status of touristic and artistic resort and the value of its products began to be recognized.<\/p>\n The city is a World Heritage Site declared by UNESCO for its unique and particular medieval architecture.<\/p>\n What to visit in San Gimignano:<\/strong><\/p>\n Square of the Cistern,<\/span> paved with brick, disposed in cut shape as a fish-bone, which takes its name from the Cistern by XIII century rising in the middle and encircled by palaces and towers.<\/p>\n The Dome or Collegiata Church<\/span>, consecrated in 1148, is structured on three naves and enriched by beautiful frescoes of Senese school: Old and New Testament (Bartolo di Fredi and “Bottega of the Memmi”); Universal Judgment (Taddeo di Bartolo), works of Florentine school: History of Saint Fina (Ghirlandaio), Saint Sebastiano (Benozzo Gozzoli), Wooden Statues (Jacopo della Quercia) and other sculptures by Giuliano and Benedetto from Maiano. These names make the Collegiata Church of San Gimignano a museum of great prestige.<\/p>\n Museum of sacred art:<\/span> Pictures and tomb-stone fragments from suppressed churches and convents. Silvers, chorales and liturgical garments. The Saffron<\/strong><\/p>\n The cultivation of saffron has a very ancient history; many documents testify how it had been intensely cultivated and about its importance for the economy of San Gimignano in Middle Ages, as it has always been a really expensive product. In fact, in 1228 the Commune of San Gimignano, which had contracted\u00a0debts because of the siege of the Castle della Nera, paid them partly by money and partly by the saffron ,and in 1276 the city set up duties for saffron entry in and exit out of the city, earning conspicuous sums by the duty on exportation. <\/span><\/p>\n In 1295 two people were assigned to stay constantly at the entrance of the city, were the duties were drawn, and to weigh the saffron. The extra-pure saffron by San Gimignano is cultivated using natural methods which exclude every use of chemical products in every phase of its cultivation, from the drying process to its conservation.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The stigmata of saffron are makeup intact in order to grant their pure quality and their pungent, strong, and a little bitter aroma.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n"}},"web":"https:\/\/test.cyclando.com\/poi\/sangimignano\/","addr:street":"","addr:housenumber":"","addr:postcode":"","addr:city":"","contact:phone":"","contact:email":"","opening_hours":"","capacity":""},"geometry":{"type":"Point","coordinates":[11.042632218450308,43.464967159242526]}}
\nLa coltivazione dello zafferano ha una storia antica; molti documenti testimoniano quanto fosse intensamente coltivato e della sua importanza nell’economia sangimignanese del Medioevo. Prodotto carissimo costitu\u00ec un elemento importante nel successo dei mercanti sangimignanesi. dell’epoca.<\/p>\n
\nGli stigmi dello zafferano vengono confezionati interi per garantire la loro qualit\u00e0 purissima ed il loro aroma forte,pungente e leggermente amarognolo.<\/p>\n","modified":"2019-03-11T17:15:55","color":"","icon":"","noDetails":false,"noInteraction":false,"image":"https:\/\/test.cyclando.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/L004-San_Gimignano-768x512.jpg","taxonomy":{"webmapp_category":[13]},"accessibility":{"mobility":{"check":false,"description":""},"hearing":{"check":false,"description":""},"vision":{"check":false,"description":""},"cognitive":{"check":false,"description":""},"food":{"check":false,"description":""}},"locale":"it","source":"https:\/\/test.cyclando.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/poi\/1232","wp_edit":"http:\/\/test.cyclando.com\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=1232&action=edit","translations":{"en":{"id":10862,"name":"San Gimignano","web":"https:\/\/test.cyclando.com\/\/sangimignano\/?lang=en","source":"https:\/\/test.cyclando.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/poi\/10862","description":"
\nCommunal Palace: Courtyard and Room of Dante with the Maest\u00e0 by Lippo Memmi. Civic Museum and Picture-Gallery with works by Filippo Lippi, Pinturicchio, Benozzo Gozzoli, Domenico di Michelino, Pier Francisco Fiorentino, Sebastiano Mainardi, Lorenzo di Niccol\u00f2 di Martino, Coppo di Marcovaldo etc… Moreover from the civic museum you can visit the Large Tower (Torre Grossa or of the Podest\u00e0) built in 1311 and 54 meters high.<\/p>\n