In Italy, no new cities. The history of each town or settlement of the country goes back even centuries, and millennia, and usually surrounded by numerous legends and myths. One of these towns (population of slightly less than 10 000 people) is the town of San Gimignano, which is located in the province of Tuscany. The city, like many cities in Tuscany, was founded by the Etruscans. True as it was then called the completely unknown as its name, he received in honor of St. Gimignano, who came out to meet the hordes of Huns, talked with Attila, and thus took the threat from his native city. The city experienced an economic and cultural revival in the early Middle Ages, as it lying on the path of pilgrims coming from Western Europe to Rome. In the 12 century the city began to appear his famous house-towers, which are now so attract tourists.

These towers were built local aristocrats as a symbol of its power and power. And they built them all over Tuscany, but it survived the towers of San Gimignano. San Gimignano has preserved its historical appearance of the center. The city survived 14 towers of different heights, which truth is they are closed to domestic visitors. Among the other attractions of the city should explore the church of Sant Agostino and the Cathedral, as well as the administrative center of San Gimignano – Palazzo utilities. In 1990, the historic city center was included in the list of unesco world cultural heritage.