museo civico
our first stop in san gimignano was the museo civico, which is in the base of the largest tower. we bought the combined ticket! we went up to the tower first to beat all the other tourists up there! the view of the town is fantastic. all the other towers are visible as well as the surrounding countryside. it was a very unusual stairwell for an old tower as in it was fairly wide and looked as though the stairs had been added in the last 50 years! i loved seeing the town square from up above. the museum was at the base of the tower. the frescos outside the museum are fantastic. the items within the museum are not very impressive. the most impressive items within the museum were actually discovered a few years ago as beautiful frescos. part of the museum was even under construction. i could not believe that these frescos were outside for so many years. they are finally covered with plexiglass! t...