Rural tourism and language schools to study Italian in Tuscany, Italy

The Citadel is also known as "San Gimignano delle belle Torri? as a result of his 14 home runs soaring towers of different diameters and heights that are a prestigious international label. In the Middle Ages, the citadel had 71 towers, but most of them fell during the battles and wars in Tuscany suffered over the centuries.

In prehistory, San Gimignano and was inhabited by man. The Etruscans was founded in the third century BCE In 60 A.D. the Romans built in their area two small fortresses called Silvia Mucchio and giving the town its old name. In the tenth century, the citadel takes its name from San Geminianus, Bishop of Modena, who escaped the attack of the Huns.

The Citadel pushed its development during the Middle Ages because of its privileged geographical position, being at the crossroads of the Via Francigena, the pilgrimage and trade route linking Europe to Rome. During the thirteenth century, San Gimignano was the scene of fierce fighting between the two political factions in the territory, the Guelphs (supporters of the Pope) and Ghibellines (loyal to the Emperor). On May 8, 1300, Dante Alighieri was appointed Ambassador in Tuscany of the "League Guelph? based in the old Palazzo del Podesta (now the Town Hall). In the second half of the fourteenth century, the citadel, having maintained its independence at a very high price, agreed to be part of the jurisdiction of Florence.

The modern town now stretches a few kilometers outside the city walls. The most famous monuments are the cathedral, the museum of medieval torture of criminology, the church of San Agostino, the People's Palace, the museum of sacred art, the Etruscan Museum, "Piazza della Cisterna? and the "Torre Grossa?.

San Gimignano is located about 35 minutes drive northwest of the city of Siena and about the same distance southwest of the city of Florence.

San Gimignano is famous not only for its monuments and its history but also for its beauty and rural tourism. Due to its beautiful landscape San Gimignano is an ideal place for a holiday in a beautiful country house and enjoy the tranquility and nature.

In the region of Tuscany is spoken dialects Italino pure, and therefore stay in Tuscany offers to combine the holiday with an Italian course in Pisa and Viareggio seaside and learn Italian in Italy.